"θεοκρατία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See θεοκρατία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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
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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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          "tags": [
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          "word": "θεοκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ"
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          "english": "judge of gods, epithet for Paris",
          "roman": "theókritos",
          "tags": [
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        "politics",
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        "Josephus"
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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          "name": "desc"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theokratíā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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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