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Headword:
*)oligarxou/menoi
Adler number: omicron,149
Translated headword: those being oligarched, those being governed by oligarchy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] those being ruled by few. There are three constitutions: monarchy, oligarchy, democracy.[1]
Greek Original:*)oligarxou/menoi: u(po\ o)li/gwn a)rxo/menoi. trei=s ei)si politei=ai, basilei/a, o)ligarxi/a, dhmokrati/a.
Notes:
Same or similar entry in other lexica, beginning with
Hesychius omicron536; references at
Photius omicron210 Theodoridis. The headword itself -- masculine nominative plural of this present middle/passive participle -- must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities begin with
Thucydides 8.91.3.
[1] A bland reference to
Aristotle's tripartite theory of constitutions in the
Politics, a commonplace of ancient political theory.
Translated by: D. Graham J. Shipley on 3 August 2002@06:20:28.
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