democratia

Interlingua

Noun

democratia (plural democratias)

democracy

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā, “democracy”, “popular government”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.moˈkra.ti.a/, [d̪eːmɔˈkrät̪iä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.moˈkrat.t͡si.a/, [d̪emoˈkrät̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

dēmocratia f (genitive dēmocratiae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) democracy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēmocratia	dēmocratiae
Genitive	dēmocratiae	dēmocratiārum
Dative	dēmocratiae	dēmocratiīs
Accusative	dēmocratiam	dēmocratiās
Ablative	dēmocratiā	dēmocratiīs
Vocative	dēmocratia	dēmocratiae

Related terms

dēmos

Descendants

Middle French: democratie
- French: démocratie
  - → Danish: demokrati n
  - → Dutch: democratie f
    - Afrikaans: demokrasie
    - → Indonesian: démokrasi
  - → German: Demokratie f
  - → Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה‎ f
  - → Romanian: democrație f
  - → Turkish: demokrasi
- → Norman: démocratie
- → Czech: demokracie
- → English: democracy
  - → Amharic: ዴሞክራሲ (demokrasi)
  - → Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci)
  - → Cebuano: demokrasya
  - → 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

References

dēmocrătĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“democratia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
democratia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
“democratia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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