ἐπαρχία

See also: επαρχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally referring to a district governed by an ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐπαρχίᾱ • (eparkhíā) f (genitive ἐπαρχίᾱς); second declension (Koine)

  1. eparchy, province, the provincial government of an administrative district
  2. provincial government territorial jurisdictions specifically of the Greek-speaking eastern Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, equivalent to Latin prōvincia

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
hē eparkhíā		 τὼ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
tṑ eparkhíā		 αἱ ἐπαρχῐ́αι
hai eparkhíai
Genitive τῆς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς
tês eparkhíās		 τοῖν ἐπαρχῐ́αιν
toîn eparkhíain		 τῶν ἐπαρχῐῶν
tôn eparkhiôn
Dative τῇ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾳ
têi eparkhíāi		 τοῖν ἐπαρχῐ́αιν
toîn eparkhíain		 ταῖς ἐπαρχῐ́αις
taîs eparkhíais
Accusative τὴν ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱν
tḕn eparkhíān		 τὼ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
tṑ eparkhíā		 τᾱ̀ς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s eparkhíās
Vocative ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
eparkhíā		 ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
eparkhíā		 ἐπαρχῐ́αι
eparkhíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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