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εισαγγελία
prosecutor's office /i.sa.ɲɟeˈli.a/
nounC1#3433 most common
Also: indictment, impeachment (ancient Athenian procedure), public prosecution service
Example sentences
Η εισαγγελία βρίσκεται δίπλα στο δικαστήριο.
The prosecutor's office is next to the courthouse.
Ο δικηγόρος πήγε στην εισαγγελία το πρωί.
The lawyer went to the prosecutor's office in the morning.
Η εισαγγελία Αθηνών άνοιξε έρευνα για την υπόθεση.
The Athens Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the case.
Ο πολίτης κατέθεσε μήνυση στην εισαγγελία για απάτη.
The citizen filed a complaint of fraud with the prosecutor's office.
Η εισαγγελία διέταξε προανάκριση κατά του υπόπτου.
The prosecutor's office ordered a preliminary inquiry against the suspect.
Στην αρχαία Αθήνα, η εισαγγελία ήταν διαδικασία καταγγελίας σοβαρών εγκλημάτων κατά του κράτους απευθείας στην Εκκλησία του Δήμου.
In ancient Athens, eisangelia was a procedure for reporting serious crimes against the state directly to the Assembly.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η εισαγγελία | οι εισαγγελίες |
| Genitive | της εισαγγελίας | των εισαγγελιών |
| Accusative | την εισαγγελία | τις εισαγγελίες |
| Vocative | εισαγγελία | εισαγγελίες |
Word family
εισαγγελέαςpublic prosecutor (the person)αγγελίαannouncement, classified ad
αγγέλλωto announce, report
άγγελοςmessenger, angelπαραγγελίαorder, requestEtymology
Εισαγγελία is built from the prefix εισ- (into, in) and αγγελία (a message or report), which comes from the verb αγγέλλω, to announce or report. In classical Athens the word named a special legal procedure: a citizen could bring a report of a grave public crime straight before the Council or Assembly, bypassing the ordinary courts. Modern Greek kept the word but shifted its everyday sense to the institution that now receives and processes such reports, the prosecutor's office.
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