# δημοκρατία
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* δᾱμοκρᾰτίᾱ (dāmokratíā) — Doric

### Etymology

Derived from δῆμος (dêmos, “common people", "assembly of the people”) +‎ -κρατία (-kratía, “power”, “rule”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛː.mo.kra.tí.aː/ → /ði.mo.kraˈti.a/ → /ði.mo.kraˈti.a/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /dɛː.mo.kra.tí.aː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /de̝.mo.kraˈti.a/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ði.mo.kraˈti.a/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ði.mo.kraˈti.a/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ði.mo.kraˈti.a/

### Noun

δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (dēmokratíā) f (genitive δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension
* (politics, uncountable) democracy, popular government
* (countable) a democratic government
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.43.3:Τοὺς γὰρ τυράννους τῶν Ἰώνων καταπαύσας πάντας ὁ Μαρδόνιος δημοκρατίας κατίστα ἐς τὰς πόλιας.Toùs gàr turánnous tôn Iṓnōn katapaúsas pántas ho Mardónios dēmokratías katísta es tàs pólias.1910 translation by George RawlinsonMardonius put down all the despots throughout Ionia, and in lieu of them established democracies
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Banquet of the Seven Sages 154e:Ὁ Βίας ἔφησε κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν ἐν ᾗ πάντες ὡς τύραννον φοβοῦνται τὸν νόμον.Ho Bías éphēse kratístēn eînai dēmokratían en hêi pántes hōs túrannon phoboûntai tòn nómon.Bias said that the strongest democracy is that wherein all fear the law as their tyrant.
* inflection of δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā):
** nominative/vocative singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative dual

#### Derived terms

* δημοκρᾰτέω/-ῶ, δημοκρᾰτέομαι/-οῦμαι
* Δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Dēmokratíā)
* δημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokratikós)

#### Descendants

* Greek: δημοκρατία f (dimokratía)
* Latin: dēmocratia (Mediaeval)
** Middle French: democratie
*** French: démocratie
**** → Danish: demokrati n
**** → Dutch: democratie f, demokratie (before 1996)
***** Afrikaans: demokrasie
***** → Malay: demokrasi
    → Indonesian: démokrasi
***** → Peranakan Indonesian: democratie
**** → German: Demokratie f
**** → Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה f
**** → Persian: دموکراسی (demokrâsi)
**** → Romanian: democrație f
**** → Turkish: demokrasi
*** → Norman: démocratie
*** → Czech: demokracie
*** → English: democracy
**** → Amharic: ዴሞክራሲ (demokrasi)
**** → Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci)
**** → Chinese: 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī), 德謨克拉西／德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī)
**** → Malay: demokrasi
**** → S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè)
**** → Swahili: demokrasia
**** → Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)
** Italian: democrazia
** Portuguese: democracia
** Sicilian: dimucrazzìa
** Spanish: democracia
** Norwegian Bokmål: demokrati
** Norwegian Nynorsk: demokrati
** Swedish: demokrati
* Russian: демокра́тия f (demokrátija) (see there for further descendants)

#### See also

* ἰσονομία (isonomía)

### References

* “δημοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “δημοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* δημοκρατία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* δημοκρατία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. commonwealth idem, page 149.democracy idem, page 209.republic idem, page 699.

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā, “democracy, popular government”). By surface analysis, δημο- (dimo-, “from δῆμος the people”) +‎ -κρατία (-kratía, “from κράτος strength; dominion, state”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ði.mo.kɾaˈti.a/
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* Audio (female voice):(file)
* Hyphenation: δη‧μο‧κρα‧τί‧α

### Noun

δημοκρατία • (dimokratía) f (plural δημοκρατίες)
* democracy
* republic
    Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ― Ellinikí Dimokratía ― Hellenic Republic

#### Derived terms

* Δημοκρατία των Σκοπίων f (Dimokratía ton Skopíon, “Republic of Skopje”)
* Ελληνική Δημοκρατία f (Ellinikí Dimokratía, “Hellenic Republic”)
* Κεντροαφρικανική Δημοκρατία f (Kentroafrikanikí Dimokratía, “Central African Republic”)

#### Related terms

* see: δήμος m (dímos, “municipality, the people”)

#### Further reading

* δημοκρατία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$