-κρατία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “strength, power”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (-kratíā) f (genitive -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. -cracy (government, rule)

Inflection
First declension of -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
-kratíā		 -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
-kratíā		 -κρᾰτῐ́αι
-kratíai
Genitive -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς
-kratíās		 -κρᾰτῐ́αιν
-kratíain		 -κρᾰτῐῶν
-kratiôn
Dative -κρᾰτῐ́ᾳ
-kratíāi		 -κρᾰτῐ́αιν
-kratíain		 -κρᾰτῐ́αις
-kratíais
Accusative -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱν
-kratíān		 -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
-kratíā		 -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς
-kratíās
Vocative -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
-kratíā		 -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
-kratíā		 -κρᾰτῐ́αι
-kratíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -κρατία

Descendants
  • → English: -cracy
  • Greek: -κρατία (-kratía)
  • → Italian: -crazia
  • → Latin: -cratia
  • → French: -cratie
  • → Spanish: -cracia
  • → Portuguese: -cracia
  • → Polish: -kracja
  • → Hebrew: -קרטיה

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía).

Suffix

-κρατία • (-kratía) f

  1. -cracy (indicating "domination by")
    ‎πλούτος (ploútos, “wealth”) + ‎-κρατία (-kratía) → ‎πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “plutocracy”)
  2. -ism (indicating "dominating system")
    ‎αποικία (apoikía, “colony”) + ‎-κρατία (-kratía) → ‎αποικιοκρατία (apoikiokratía, “colonialism”)

Declension
declension of -κρατία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative -κρατία • -κρατίες •
genitive -κρατίας • -κρατιών •
accusative -κρατία • -κρατίες •
vocative -κρατία • -κρατίες •

Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -κρατία
  • -κράτης m (-krátis, “-crat”)
  • -κράτισσα f (-krátissa, “-crat”)
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