ὀχλοκρατία
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
ἡ, mob rule, mob-rule, ochlocracy the lowest grade of democracy, Plb.6.4.6, 6.57.9, Plu.2.826f, etc.: ὀχλοκρασία is v.l. in Ph.1.41, Max. Tyr.33.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 431] ἡ, Herrschaft des großen Haufens, Pöbelherrschaft, Pol. 6, 4, 6. 57, 9.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
gouvernement exercé par la multitude.
Étymologie: ὄχλος, κρατέω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀχλοκρᾰτία: ἡ, τὸ πολίτευμα, καθ’ ὃ κυβερνᾷ ὁ ὄχλος, ὁ κατώτατος τῆς δημοκρατίας βαθμός, Πολύβ. 6. 4, 6., 57 9, Πλούτ. 2. 826F, κτλ.· - τοὺς τύπους ὀχλοκράτεια ἢ -κρασία κατακρίνει ὁ Λοβέκ. εἰς Φρύνιχ 526.
Greek Monolingual
η (ΑΜ ὀχλοκρατία και δ. γραφ. ὀχλοκρασία και ὀχλοκράτεια)
πολιτική κατάσταση κατά την οποία επικρατεί ο όχλος
νεοελλ.
μτφ. αναρχία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὄχλος + -κρατία (< -κράτης < κρατῶ), πρβλ. δημο-κρατία].
Greek Monotonic
ὀχλοκρᾰτία: ἡ, κυριαρχία του όχλου, κατώτατη βαθμίδα της δημοκρατίας, σε Πολύβ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὀχλοκρατία: ἡ власть черни, охлократия Polyb., Plut.
Middle Liddell
ὀχλο-κρᾰτία, ἡ,
mob-rule, the lowest grade of democracy, Polyb.
Wikipedia EN
Ochlocracy (Greek: ὀχλοκρατία, romanized: okhlokratía; Latin: ochlocratia) or mob rule is the rule of government by mob or a mass of people, or, the intimidation of legitimate authorities. As a pejorative for majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus, meaning "the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" originally was derived in the 1680s.
Ochlocracy is synonymous in meaning and usage to the modern, informal term "mobocracy", which arose in the 18th century as a colloquial neologism.
Translations
ar: حكومة الدهماء; ast: oclocracia; az: oxlokratiya; be: ахлакратыя; bg: охлокрация; br: oc'hlokratiezh; ca: oclocràcia; cs: ochlokracie; da: ochlokrati; de: Ochlokratie; el: οχλοκρατία; en: ochlocracy; es: oclocracia; et: ohlokraatia; fa: غوغاسالاری; fi: oklokratia; fr: ochlocratie; gl: oclocracia; he: אוכלוקרטיה; hr: ohlokracija; hu: ochlokrácia; hy: օխլոկրատիա; id: oklokrasi; it: oclocrazia; ja: 衆愚政治; ka: ოხლოკრატია; kk: охлократия; ko: 중우정치; mk: оклократија; nl: ochlocratie; no: oklokrati; oc: oclocracia; pl: ochlokracja; pt: oclocracia; ro: oclocrație; ru: охлократия; scn: carca; sh: ohlokracija; simple: mob rule; sl: ohlokracija; sr: охлократија; sv: pöbel; th: กฎหมู่; tl: oklokrasya; tr: oklokrasi; uk: охлократія; zh: 眾愚政治
