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 • (autắrkeiă) f (genitive αὐτᾰρκείᾱς); first declension

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

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ hē autắrkeiă	τὼ αὐτᾰρκείᾱ tṑ autărkeíā	αἱ αὐτᾰ́ρκειαι hai autắrkeiai
Genitive	τῆς αὐτᾰρκείᾱς tês autărkeíās	τοῖν αὐτᾰρκείαιν toîn autărkeíain	τῶν αὐτᾰρκειῶν tôn autărkeiôn
Dative	τῇ αὐτᾰρκείᾳ têi autărkeíāi	τοῖν αὐτᾰρκείαιν toîn autărkeíain	ταῖς αὐτᾰρκείαις taîs autărkeíais
Accusative	τὴν αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰν tḕn autắrkeiăn	τὼ αὐτᾰρκείᾱ tṑ autărkeíā	τᾱ̀ς αὐτᾰρκείᾱς tā̀s autărkeíās
Vocative	αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ autắrkeiă	αὐτᾰρκείᾱ autărkeíā	αὐτᾰ́ρκειαι autắrkeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ αὐτᾰ́ρκειᾰ; τῆς αὐτᾰρκείᾱς (Attic)

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 (2006–2025)
• 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • independence idem, page 432.
  • self-sufficiency idem, page 751.