θαλασσοκρατία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ (thálassa, “sea”) +‎ -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-kratíā, “rule”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.las.so.kra.tí.aː/ → /θa.las.so.kraˈti.a/ → /θa.la.so.kraˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.las.so.kra.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰa.las.so.kraˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θa.las.so.kraˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θa.las.so.kraˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θa.la.so.kraˈti.a/

Noun

θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (thalassokratíā) f (genitive θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. empire of the sea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē thalassokratíā	τὼ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ thalassokratíā	αἱ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αι hai thalassokratíai
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês thalassokratíās	τοῖν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn thalassokratíain	τῶν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐῶν tôn thalassokratiôn
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ têi thalassokratíāi	τοῖν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn thalassokratíain	ταῖς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs thalassokratíais
Accusative	τὴν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn thalassokratíān	τὼ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ thalassokratíā	τᾱ̀ς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s thalassokratíās
Vocative	θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ thalassokratíā	θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ thalassokratíā	θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αι thalassokratíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: thalassocracy
• → French: thalassocratie
• → Italian: talassocrazia
• → Russian: талассокра́тия (talassokrátija)

Further reading

• “θαλασσοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θαλασσοκρατία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette