δεσπόζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=mostly pres. and impf.: <span class="bld">A</span> fut. δεσπόσω [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''210, al., Ep. -όσσω ''h.Cer.''365: aor. inf. δεσπόσαι [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''486:<br><span class="bld">1</span> abs., to [[be lord]] or [[be master]], [[gain the mastery]], πρὸς βίαν δ. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''210; ἄρχειν καὶ δ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 80a, al.: as law-term, to [[be the legal proprietor]], opp. [[κρατεῖν]], ''PTheb.Bank''1.15, cf. ''BGU''1187.9 (i B. C.), ''PLond.''3.977.32 (iv A. D.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> Astrol., of planets, to [[be dominant]] in a [[nativity]], Vett. Val.72.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., to [[be lord]] or [[be master of]], h.Cer.365, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.142, etc.; [[Ζηνὸς]] (or [[Διὸς]]) δεσπόσαι [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''930; δεσπόζοντ' ἐμοῦ E. ''Supp.''518; <b class="b3">δ. τινός</b>, opp. <b class="b3">δουλεύειν ἄλλῳ</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 576a; <b class="b3">δεσπόζειν φόβης</b> [[own]] it, A.''Ch.''188; [[make oneself master of]], λέκτροις ὧν ἐδέσποζον [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''928: metaph., τοῦδε δ. λόγου A.''Ag.''543.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc., [[lord it over]], δ. πόλιν E.''HF''28:—Pass., δεσπόζονται Hp.Aër.16; δεσποζόμεναι πόλεις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''712e; δ. ὑπό τινος [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]18.60; πρός τινος Ph.1.337.