LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

oligarchia

oligarchia f (genitive oligarchiae)
Classical[ɔ.lɪˈɡar.kʰi.a]Ecclesiastical[o.liˈɡar.ki.a]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfeminineoligarchy
    Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoligarchiaoligarchiae
genitiveoligarchiaeoligarchiārum
dativeoligarchiaeoligarchiīs
accusativeoligarchiamoligarchiās
ablativeoligarchiāoligarchiīs
vocativeoligarchiaoligarchiae

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

In English words that came into English from oligarchia

  • oligarchyoligarchia

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesOligarchiaOligarchia (ὀλιγαρχία), the government of a few, is a term the application of which by writers on political science is less wide than its etymological…

Quick answers

What does oligarchia mean in Latin?
oligarchia, a noun, means “oligarchy”.
What is the genitive of oligarchia?
The genitive singular is oligarchiae. oligarchia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce oligarchia?
In classical Latin, [ɔ.lɪˈɡar.kʰi.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [o.liˈɡar.ki.a].