tetrarca
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- + -arca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈtrar.ka/
- Rhymes: -arka
- Hyphenation: te‧tràr‧ca
Noun
tetrarca m (plural tetrarchi)
Further reading
- tetrarca in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- tetrarca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- tetràrca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- tetrarca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- + -arca.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈtɾaʁ.kɐ/ [teˈtɾah.kɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /teˈtɾaɾ.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teˈtɾaʁ.kɐ/ [teˈtɾaχ.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈtɾaɻ.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨˈtɾaɾ.kɐ/
- Rhymes: -aʁkɐ, -aɾkɐ
- Hyphenation: te‧trar‧ca
Noun
tetrarca m or f by sense (plural tetrarcas)
- (politics, historical) tetrarch (governor of subdivision of a province)
- (politics, Ancient Rome) tetrarch (any of the four co-emperors during the Tetrarchy)
- (military, Ancient Greece) tetrarch (officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx)
Further reading
- “tetrarca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “tetrarca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “tetrarca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “tetrarca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “tetrarca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “tetrarca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- + -arca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈtɾaɾka/ [t̪eˈt̪ɾaɾ.ka]
- Rhymes: -aɾka
- Syllabification: te‧trar‧ca
Noun
tetrarca m or f by sense (plural tetrarcas)
- tetrarch
- 2015 November 9, “Opinión”, in El País[1]:
- Los historiadores recuperan la figura de los tetrarcas que compartían el poder en el imperio romano desde los tiempos de Diocleciano, creador de la fórmula y que supo aprovecharla con astucia.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “tetrarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024