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ὀλιγαρχία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλιγαρχία

Structure: ὀλιγαρχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from o)liga/rxhs

Sense

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

Declension

First declension

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

  • καὶ αἱ δημοκρατίαι δὲ ἀσφαλέστεραι τῶν ὀλιγαρχιῶν εἰσι καὶ πολυχρονιώτεραι διὰ τοὺσ μέσουσ πλείουσ τε γάρ εἰσι καὶ μᾶλλον μετέχουσι τῶν τιμῶν ἐν ταῖσ δημοκρατίαισ ἢ ταῖσ ὀλιγαρχίαισ, ἐπεὶ ὅταν ἄνευ τούτων τῷ πλήθει ὑπερτείνωσιν οἱ ἄποροι, κακοπραγία γίνεται καὶ ἀπόλλυνται ταχέωσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 173:2)
  • γίγνεται δὲ μεταβολὴ τῶν ὀλιγαρχιῶν καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ἐν μὲν πολέμῳ διὰ τὴν πρὸσ τὸν δῆμον ἀπιστίαν στρατιώταισ ἀναγκαζομένων χρῆσθαι ᾧ γὰρ ἂν ἐγχειρίσωσιν, οὗτοσ πολλάκισ γίνεται τύραννοσ, ὥσπερ ἐν Κορίνθῳ Τιμοφάνησ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 111:2)
  • γίγνονται δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ συμπτώματοσ μεταβολαὶ καὶ τῆσ καλουμένησ πολιτείασ καὶ τῶν ὀλιγαρχιῶν ἐν ὅσαισ ἀπὸ τιμήματοσ βουλεύουσι καὶ δικάζουσι καὶ τὰσ ἄλλασ ἀρχὰσ ἄρχουσιν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 118:2)
  • ἐκ τῶν ἐννόμων δημοκρατιῶν καὶ ὀλιγαρχιῶν εἰσ τὰσ κυρίουσ καὶ ἐκ τούτων εἰσ ἐκείνασ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 122:1)
  • ὀρεγομένων, αἱ δὲ ἐκ τῶν αἱρετῶν ἐπὶ τὰσ κυρίασ ἀρχάσ τὸ γὰρ ἀρχαῖον οἱ δῆμοι καθίστασαν πολυχρονίουσ τὰσ δημιουργίασ καὶ τὰσ θεωρίασ, αἱ δ’ ἐκ τῶν ὀλιγαρχιῶν, αἱρουμένων ἕνα τινὰ κύριον ἐπὶ τὰσ μεγίστασ ἀρχάσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 215:1)

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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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