"θεοκρατία" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /θe.o.kraˈti.a/, /θe.o.kraˈti.a/, /tʰe.o.kraˈti.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /θe.o.kraˈti.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /θe.o.kraˈti.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /θe.o.kraˈti.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From θεο- (theo-, “god, deity”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule”) from θεός and κρᾰτέω. Coined in the 1st century CE by Josephus (Against Apion 2.17) to denote the idealistic political system of a Jewish state ordained by Moses, as contrasted with democracy, oligarchy and monarchy. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*kret-}}, {{af|grc|θεο-|-κρατία|t1=god, deity|t2=power, rule}} θεο- (theo-, “god, deity”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ|θεοκρατῐ́ᾱς|f|first}} θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (theokratíā) f (genitive θεοκρατῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ|θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς}} Forms: θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ [canonical], theokratíā [romanization], θεοκρατῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ θεοκρᾰτῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν θεοκρᾰτῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν θεοκρᾰτῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν θεοκρᾰτῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς θεοκρᾰτῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], θεοκρᾰτῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. (politics, religion) theocracy Wikipedia link: Against Apion, Josephus Tags: Koine Categories (topical): Forms of government, Politics, Religion Related terms: θεοκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (theokrāsíā) (english: mingling with god) [feminine], θεόκρῐτος (theókritos) (english: judge of gods, epithet for Paris) [masculine], and see θεο- and-κρατία

Noun [Greek]

IPA: /θe.o.kraˈti.a/
Etymology: From Hellenistic Koine Greek θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (theokratíā). Morphologically from θεο- (“god”) + -κρατία (“holding power, ruling”). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc-koi|θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ}} Koine Greek θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (theokratíā), {{af|el|θεο-|-κρατία|t1=god|t2=holding power, ruling|tr1=-|tr2=-}} θεο- (“god”) + -κρατία (“holding power, ruling”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|θεοκρατίας|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} θεοκρατία • (theokratía) f (plural θεοκρατίας), {{el-noun|f|θεοκρατίας}} θεοκρατία • (theokratía) f (plural θεοκρατίας) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|θεοκρατία|θεοκρατίες|θεοκρατίας|θεοκρατιών|θεοκρατία|θεοκρατίες|θεοκρατία|θεοκρατίες|note=}} Forms: theokratía [romanization], θεοκρατίας [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], θεοκρατία [nominative, singular], θεοκρατίες [nominative, plural], θεοκρατίας [genitive, singular], θεοκρατιών [genitive, plural], θεοκρατία [accusative, singular], θεοκρατίες [accusative, plural], θεοκρατία [singular, vocative], θεοκρατίες [plural, vocative]
  1. (politics, religion) theocracy Categories (topical): Politics, Religion Related terms: θεοκρατικός (theokratikós) (english: theocratic) Related terms (see): θεο- and -κρατία

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Danish: teokrati",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: theocratie",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ English: theocracy",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: theocracy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: théocratie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ French: théocratie"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ German: Theokratie",
          "name": "desc"
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: teocrazia",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: teocrazia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: teocracia",
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: teocracia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: teocracia",
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        "singular"
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        "nominative"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "genitive"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "dual"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́αι",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Koine Greek",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "english": "1895 translation by William Whiston\nSome legislators have permitted their governments to be under monarchies, others put them under oligarchies, and others under a republican form; but our legislator had no regard to any of these forms, but he ordained our government to be what, by a strained expression, may be termed a Theocracy, by ascribing the authority and the power to God. (@perseus.tuftus.edu)",
          "ref": "37 CE – 100 CE, Josephus, Against Apion 2.17",
          "roman": "hoi mèn gàr monarkhíais, hoi dè taîs olígōn dunasteíais, álloi dè toîs plḗthesin epétrepsan tḕn exousían tôn politeumátōn. ho d’ hēméteros nomothétēs eis mèn toútōn oudotioûn apeîden, hōs d’ án tis eípoi biasámenos tòn lógon theokratían apédeixe tò políteuma theôi tḕn arkhḕn kaì tò krátos anatheís.",
          "text": "οἱ μὲν γὰρ μοναρχίαις, οἱ δὲ ταῖς ὀλίγων δυναστείαις, ἄλλοι δὲ τοῖς πλήθεσιν ἐπέτρεψαν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῶν πολιτευμάτων. ὁ δ’ ἡμέτερος νομοθέτης εἰς μὲν τούτων οὐδοτιοῦν ἀπεῖδεν, ὡς δ’ ἄν τις εἴποι βιασάμενος τὸν λόγον θεοκρατίαν ἀπέδειξε τὸ πολίτευμα θεῷ τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ τὸ κράτος ἀναθείς."
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          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
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          "theocracy"
        ]
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      ],
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          "english": "mingling with god",
          "roman": "theokrāsíā",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "θεοκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ"
        },
        {
          "english": "judge of gods, epithet for Paris",
          "roman": "theókritos",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "θεόκρῐτος"
        },
        {
          "word": "and see θεο- and-κρατία"
        }
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        "religion"
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      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/"
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      "ipa": "/tʰe.o.kraˈti.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "θεοκρατίας",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "cat4": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "θεοκρατία • (theokratía) f (plural θεοκρατίας)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "θεοκρατίας"
      },
      "expansion": "θεοκρατία • (theokratía) f (plural θεοκρατίας)",
      "name": "el-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "θε‧ο‧κρα‧τί‧α"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θεοκρατία",
        "2": "θεοκρατίες",
        "3": "θεοκρατίας",
        "4": "θεοκρατιών",
        "5": "θεοκρατία",
        "6": "θεοκρατίες",
        "7": "θεοκρατία",
        "8": "θεοκρατίες",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία'",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek terms prefixed with θεο-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek terms suffixed with -κρατία",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "el",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "el:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "el",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "el:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Theocracy was dominant in Ancient Aegypt.",
          "roman": "Stin archaía Aígypto epikratoúse theokratía.",
          "text": "Στην αρχαία Αίγυπτο επικρατούσε θεοκρατία.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "theocracy"
      ],
      "id": "en-θεοκρατία-el-noun-9AHjOnKw",
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "theocracy",
          "theocracy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics, religion) theocracy"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "theocratic",
          "roman": "theokratikós",
          "word": "θεοκρατικός"
        },
        {
          "sense": "see",
          "word": "θεο- and -κρατία"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "lifestyle",
        "politics",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θεοκρατία"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "teokrati",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: teokrati",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: teokrati"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "theocratie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: theocratie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: theocratie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "theocracy",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: theocracy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: theocracy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "théocratie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: théocratie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: théocratie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Theokratie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Theokratie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Theokratie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "θεοκρατία"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: θεοκρατία (theokratía)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: θεοκρατία (theokratía)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "teocrazia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: teocrazia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: teocrazia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "teokrati",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: teokrati",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: teokrati"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "teocracia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: teocracia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: teocracia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "teocrație",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: teocrație",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: teocrație"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "teocracia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: teocracia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: teocracia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "teokrati",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: teokrati",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: teokrati"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kret-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "θεο-",
        "3": "-κρατία",
        "t1": "god, deity",
        "t2": "power, rule"
      },
      "expansion": "θεο- (theo-, “god, deity”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From θεο- (theo-, “god, deity”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule”) from θεός and κρᾰτέω.\nCoined in the 1st century CE by Josephus (Against Apion 2.17) to denote the idealistic political system of a Jewish state ordained by Moses, as contrasted with democracy, oligarchy and monarchy.",
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    {
      "form": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theokratíā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "θεοκρατῐ́ᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "hē theokratíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ theokratíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ θεοκρᾰτῐ́αι",
      "roman": "hai theokratíai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tês theokratíās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν θεοκρᾰτῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn theokratíain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν θεοκρᾰτῐῶν",
      "roman": "tôn theokratiôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ",
      "roman": "têi theokratíāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν θεοκρᾰτῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn theokratíain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς θεοκρᾰτῐ́αις",
      "roman": "taîs theokratíais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn theokratíān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ theokratíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s theokratíās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "theokratíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "theokratíā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́αι",
      "roman": "theokratíai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ",
        "2": "θεοκρατῐ́ᾱς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (theokratíā) f (genitive θεοκρατῐ́ᾱς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ",
        "2": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "mingling with god",
      "roman": "theokrāsíā",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θεοκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ"
    },
    {
      "english": "judge of gods, epithet for Paris",
      "roman": "theókritos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "θεόκρῐτος"
    },
    {
      "word": "and see θεο- and-κρατία"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 5-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kret-",
        "Ancient Greek terms prefixed with θεο-",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -κρατία",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Koine Greek",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Forms of government",
        "grc:Politics",
        "grc:Religion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1895 translation by William Whiston\nSome legislators have permitted their governments to be under monarchies, others put them under oligarchies, and others under a republican form; but our legislator had no regard to any of these forms, but he ordained our government to be what, by a strained expression, may be termed a Theocracy, by ascribing the authority and the power to God. (@perseus.tuftus.edu)",
          "ref": "37 CE – 100 CE, Josephus, Against Apion 2.17",
          "roman": "hoi mèn gàr monarkhíais, hoi dè taîs olígōn dunasteíais, álloi dè toîs plḗthesin epétrepsan tḕn exousían tôn politeumátōn. ho d’ hēméteros nomothétēs eis mèn toútōn oudotioûn apeîden, hōs d’ án tis eípoi biasámenos tòn lógon theokratían apédeixe tò políteuma theôi tḕn arkhḕn kaì tò krátos anatheís.",
          "text": "οἱ μὲν γὰρ μοναρχίαις, οἱ δὲ ταῖς ὀλίγων δυναστείαις, ἄλλοι δὲ τοῖς πλήθεσιν ἐπέτρεψαν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῶν πολιτευμάτων. ὁ δ’ ἡμέτερος νομοθέτης εἰς μὲν τούτων οὐδοτιοῦν ἀπεῖδεν, ὡς δ’ ἄν τις εἴποι βιασάμενος τὸν λόγον θεοκρατίαν ἀπέδειξε τὸ πολίτευμα θεῷ τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ τὸ κράτος ἀναθείς."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "theocracy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "theocracy",
          "theocracy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics, religion) theocracy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Koine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "lifestyle",
        "politics",
        "religion"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Against Apion",
        "Josephus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe.o.kraˈti.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θεοκρατία"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc-koi",
        "3": "θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek θεοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (theokratíā)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "θεο-",
        "3": "-κρατία",
        "t1": "god",
        "t2": "holding power, ruling",
        "tr1": "-",
        "tr2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "θεο- (“god”) + -κρατία (“holding power, ruling”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "theokratía",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατίας",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-nF-α-ες-2b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατία",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατίες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατίας",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατιών",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατία",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατίες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατία",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θεοκρατίες",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "θεοκρατίας",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "cat4": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr2": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "θεοκρατία • (theokratía) f (plural θεοκρατίας)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "θεοκρατίας"
      },
      "expansion": "θεοκρατία • (theokratía) f (plural θεοκρατίας)",
      "name": "el-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "θε‧ο‧κρα‧τί‧α"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θεοκρατία",
        "2": "θεοκρατίες",
        "3": "θεοκρατίας",
        "4": "θεοκρατιών",
        "5": "θεοκρατία",
        "6": "θεοκρατίες",
        "7": "θεοκρατία",
        "8": "θεοκρατίες",
        "note": ""
      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greek",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "theocratic",
      "roman": "theokratikós",
      "word": "θεοκρατικός"
    },
    {
      "sense": "see",
      "word": "θεο- and -κρατία"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greek feminine nouns",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek nouns",
        "Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία'",
        "Greek terms derived from Koine Greek",
        "Greek terms inherited from Koine Greek",
        "Greek terms prefixed with θεο-",
        "Greek terms suffixed with -κρατία",
        "Greek terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "el:Politics",
        "el:Religion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Theocracy was dominant in Ancient Aegypt.",
          "roman": "Stin archaía Aígypto epikratoúse theokratía.",
          "text": "Στην αρχαία Αίγυπτο επικρατούσε θεοκρατία.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "theocracy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "theocracy",
          "theocracy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics, religion) theocracy"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "lifestyle",
        "politics",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.o.kraˈti.a/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θεοκρατία"
}

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