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γυναικοκρατία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυναικοκρατία

Etym.: krate/w

Sense

  1. the dominion of women

Examples

  • καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπιγραφομένῃ δὲ Γυναικοκρατίᾳ τὰ ὅμοια λέγει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 14 3:9)
  • Ἄλεξισ δ’ ἐν Γυναικοκρατίᾳ καὶ ζωμοτάριχόν τινα κέκληκεν ἐν τούτοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 99 1:2)
  • καὶ τὰ περὶ τὴν δημοκρατίαν δὲ γιγνόμενα τὴν τελευταίαν τυραννικὰ πάντα, γυναικοκρατία τε περὶ τὰσ οἰκίασ, ἵν’ ἐξαγγέλλωσι κατὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ δούλων ἄνεσισ διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 286:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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