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ὀλιγαρχία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγαρχία

Structure: ὀλιγαρχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from o)liga/rxhs

Sense

an oligarchy, government in the hands of a few families or persons

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὀλιγαρχία	ὀλιγαρχίᾱ	ὀλιγαρχίαι
Genitive	ὀλιγαρχίᾱς	ὀλιγαρχίαιν	ὀλιγαρχιῶν
Dative	ὀλιγαρχίᾱͅ	ὀλιγαρχίαιν	ὀλιγαρχίαις
Accusative	ὀλιγαρχίᾱν	ὀλιγαρχίᾱ	ὀλιγαρχίᾱς
Vocative	ὀλιγαρχίᾱ	ὀλιγαρχίᾱ	ὀλιγαρχίαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

διόπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων χρόνων ὅσαισ πόλεσιν ἐν τοῖσ ἵπποισ ἡ δύναμισ ἦν, ὀλιγαρχίαι παρὰ τούτοισ ἦσαν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 30:1)
αἱ δ’ ὀλιγαρχίαι μεταβάλλουσι διὰ δύο μάλιστα τρόπουσ τοὺσ φανερωτάτουσ, ἕνα μὲν ἐὰν ἀδικῶσι τὸ πλῆθοσ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 93:1)
ἔστι γὰρ ὥσπερ δῆμοσ ἤδη οἱ ὅμοιοι διὸ καὶ ἐν τούτοισ ἐγγίγνονται δημαγωγοὶ πολλάκισ, ὥσπερ εἴρηται πρότερον, ἔπειθ’ ἧττον εἰσ δυναστείασ ἐμπίπτουσιν αἱ ὀλιγαρχίαι καὶ ἀριστοκρατίαι οὐ γὰρ ὁμοίωσ ῥᾴδιον κακουργῆσαι ὀλίγον χρόνον ἄρχοντασ καὶ πολύν, ἐπεὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐν ταῖσ ὀλιγαρχίαισ καὶ δημοκρατίαισ γίγνονται τυραννίδεσ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 156:1)
αἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλαι πόλεισ ἐκ παντοδαπῶν κατεσκευασμέναι ἀνθρώπων εἰσὶ καὶ ἀνωμάλων, ὥστε αὐτῶν ἀνώμαλοι καὶ αἱ πολιτεῖαι, τυραννίδεσ τε καὶ ὀλιγαρχίαι· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 31:2)
διοικοῦνται δ’ αἱ μὲν τυραννίδεσ καὶ ὀλιγαρχίαι τοῖσ τρόποισ τῶν ἐφεστηκότων, αἱ δὲ πόλεισ αἱ δημοκρατούμεναι τοῖσ νόμοισ τοῖσ κειμένοισ. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 44)

δημοκρατίᾱ (democracy)
ἀριστοκρατία (the rule of the best)
δημοκρατικός (of or for a democracy)
πολῑτείᾱ (the relation in which a citizen stands to the state)
μοναρχία (monarchy)
τυραννίς (kingly power)
ὀλιγαρχικός (oligarchical)
κληρωτός (appointed by lot)
δεκαδαρχία (the government of the ten)
ἀριστοκρατικός (aristocratical)
μισθοφόρος (receiving wages or pay)
μισθοφορά (receipt of wages or wages received)
ὀστρακισμός (ostracism)
αὐθέκαστος (one who calls each thing by its name)
δημαγωγία (leadership of the people)
διάγνωσις (distinguishing)
ἐφορεία (the ephoralty)
πολεμοποιός (engaging in war)
ἰσόψηφος (with or by an equal number of votes)
μοναρχικός (monarchical)
ἰσόνομος (having equal rights)
μισόδημος (hating the commons)
ἰσηγορία (equal freedom of speech)
ἔφεσις (a throwing or hurling at)
ἰσονομίᾱ (an equal distribution)
θητικός (of or for a hireling)
πάραυτα (in like manner)
ἀστασίαστος (not disturbed by faction)
ἀμφισβήτησις (a dispute)
ἀντίταγμα (an opposing force)

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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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