αὐτάρκεια

See also: αυτάρκεια, and αὐταρκείᾳ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αὐταρκείη (autarkeíē), αὐταρκίη (autarkíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From αὐτάρκης (autárkēs, “self-sufficient”) +‎ -εια (-eia, feminine occupation suffix), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) +‎ ἀρκέω (arkéō, “power, rule”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.tár.keː.a/ → /aɸˈtar.ci.a/ → /afˈtar.ci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.tár.keː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍˈtar.ki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸˈtar.ci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /afˈtar.ci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /afˈtar.ci.a/

Noun

αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ • (autárkeia) f (genitive αὐτᾰρκείᾱς); first declension

1. self-sufficiency, independence, self-rule; autarky, autarchy
2. contentment, satisfaction with one's resources

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ; τῆς αὐτᾰρκείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ hē autárkeia	τὼ αὐτᾰρκείᾱ tṑ autarkeíā	αἱ αὐτᾰ́ρκειαι hai autárkeiai
Genitive	τῆς αὐτᾰρκείᾱς tês autarkeíās	τοῖν αὐτᾰρκείαιν toîn autarkeíain	τῶν αὐτᾰρκειῶν tôn autarkeiôn
Dative	τῇ αὐτᾰρκείᾳ têi autarkeíāi	τοῖν αὐτᾰρκείαιν toîn autarkeíain	ταῖς αὐτᾰρκείαις taîs autarkeíais
Accusative	τὴν αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰν tḕn autárkeian	τὼ αὐτᾰρκείᾱ tṑ autarkeíā	τᾱ̀ς αὐτᾰρκείᾱς tā̀s autarkeíās
Vocative	αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ autárkeia	αὐτᾰρκείᾱ autarkeíā	αὐτᾰ́ρκειαι autárkeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Belarusian: аўтаркі́я (aŭtarkíja)
• → Catalan: autarquia
• → Czech: autarkie
• → Dutch: autarkie
  • → Indonesian: autarki
• → English: autarky, autarchy
• → Esperanto: aŭtarkio
• → Estonian: autarkia
• → Finnish: autarkia
• → French: autarcie
• → German: Autarkie
• → Occitan: autarquia
• → Polish: autarkia
• → Portuguese: autarcia
• → Greek: αυτάρκεια (aftárkeia) (learned)
• → Russian: авта́рки́я (avtárkíja)
• → Spanish: autarcía, autarquía
• → Ukrainian: авта́ркі́я (avtárkíja)

See also

• αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power, autocracy, sovereignty, autarchy”)

Further reading

• “αὐτάρκεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αὐτάρκεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αὐτάρκεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• αὐτάρκεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • independence idem, page 432.
  • self-sufficiency idem, page 751.