οἰκοδεσπότης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οἰκοδεσπότου, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[master of a house]] or [[steward of a house]], Alex.225, ''Ev.Matt.''10.25, ''PMeyer'' 24.2 (vi A. D.): metaph., of God, Arr.''Epict.''3.22.4 (<b class="b3">οἰκίας δ.</b> was preferred by the Atticists, as in [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''954b: so οἴκων δεσπόται [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 2.1.32, cf. Phryn.348).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[native ruler]], opp. [[foreign emperor]], J.''Ap.''2.11.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Astrol., of a planet, [[owner of a domicile]] or otherwise predominant, Ptol.''Tetr.''97, Porph. ap. Iamb.''Myst.''9.5, Heph. Astr.1.13, ''PSI''3.158.80 (iii A. D.).