Ἀνακτορία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱ (anaktoríā, “lordship”), from ἀνακτόρῐος (anaktórios, “belonging to a lord”), from ἀνάκτωρ (anáktōr, “lord”), from ἄναξ (ánax, “lord”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nak.to.rí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.nak.toˈri.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.nak.toˈri.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.nak.toˈri.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.nak.toˈri.a/

Proper noun

Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱ • (Anaktoríā) f (genitive Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱς); first declension

a female given name, equivalent to English Anactoria
1. (Greek mythology) name of daughter of Πηνέλεως (Pēnéleōs, “Peneleos”)
2. unknown woman quoted by poetess Sappho
(placename) Anactoria, original name of the region later known as Miletus

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱ hē Anaktoríā
Genitive	τῆς Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱς tês Anaktoríās
Dative	τῇ Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾳ têi Anaktoríāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱν tḕn Anaktoríān
Vocative	Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱ Anaktoríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

unrelated placename: Ἀνακτόριον n (Anaktórion, “name of city in mainland Greece, colony of the Corinthians”)
the demonym: Ἀνακτόριος (Anaktórios) is related to Ἀνακτόριον

Descendants

Greek: Ανακτορία (Anaktoría)
→ Latin: Anactoria