διοικητής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐοικέω (dioikéō, to manage, administer) + -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῐοικητής • (dioikētḗs) m (genitive δῐοικητοῦ); first declension

  1. administrator, governor, treasurer
  2. (in Egypt) chief financial official
  3. (astrology) controller, of the seven planets

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: διοικητής (dioikitís)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διοικητής (dioikētḗs).[1] By surface analysis, διοικώ (dioikó) + -τής (-tís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ði.i.kiˈtis/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧οι‧κη‧τής

Noun

διοικητής • (dioikitís) m (plural διοικητές, feminine διοικήτρια)

  1. chief administrator, governor (person in charge of administration)
    διοικητής της κεντρικής τράπεζαςdioikitís tis kentrikís trápezasgovernor of the central bank
  2. (military) commander

Declension

References

  1. διοικητής - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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