ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΣ, δημοκρατιας
DĒMOKRATIAS, dēmokratias
Sounds Like: day-mo-kra-TEE-as
Translations: of democracy, of a democracy
From the root: ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the concept of democracy, a system of government where power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through elected representatives. It is a compound word derived from 'δῆμος' (demos), meaning 'people' or 'district', and 'κράτος' (kratos), meaning 'power' or 'rule'. It is used to describe the form of governance.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 2:173
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ — democracy, a democracy
- ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΝ — democracy, a democracy
- ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΚΟΣ — democratic, popular, of the people
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