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 τράπεζας ― dioikitís tis kentrikís trápezas ― governor 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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