Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ðynasteía/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðynasteía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðinasteía/

Noun

δυναστείᾱ • ‎(dunasteíā) f ‎(genitive δυναστείᾱς); first declension

1. Dominion, lordship, political power.
2. The exercise of political power.
3. A close oligarchy.
4. A show of power, a mighty deed.

Declension

Descendants

• Late Latin: dynastīa
  • Middle French: dynastie
    • English: dynasty
    • French: dynastie
    • German: Dynastie

References

• δυναστεία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δυναστεία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «δυναστεία» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «δυναστεία» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • authority idem, page 53.
  • domination idem, page 247.
  • lordship idem, page 500.
  • oligarchy idem, page 572.
  • power idem, page 630.
  • rule idem, page 725.
  • sovereignty idem, page 797.
  • supremacy idem, page 842.