δεσπότης
τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς → why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye | and why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye | why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ; voc. δέσποτᾰ: Ion. acc.
A δεσπότεα Hdt.1.91, al., Luc.Syr.D.25:—master, lord, prop. the master of the house, δόμων A.Eu.60, etc.; ὄμμα γὰρ δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν Id.Pers.169: pl., of a family, Id.Ag.32, Ch.53, 82(lyr.); in respect of slaves, Pl.Prm.133d; δοῦλοι καὶ δ. οὐκ ἄν ποτε γένοιντο φίλοι Id.Lg. 757a, etc.; δ. καὶ δοῦλος Arist.Pol.1253b6, cf. 1278b35; ὦ δέσποτ' ἄναξ Ar.Pax90 (anap.); ὦναξ δέσποτα ib.389, Fr.598; δέσποτ' ἄναξ Men. 312.5. 2 despot, absolute ruler, Hdt.3.89, Th.6.77; τύραννος καὶ δ. Pl.Lg.859a; of the Roman Emperors, Ph.2.568, D.C.55.12, Hdn.1.6.4; γᾶς καὶ θαλάσσας δ. IG12(2).216 (Mytilene). 3 of the gods, S.Fr.535, E.Hipp.88, Ar.V.875, X.An.3.2.13. 4 dominant planet, Vett. Val.5.16. II generally, master, lord, owner, κώμου, ναῶν, Pi.O.6.18, P.4.207; μαντευμάτων A.Th.27; τῶν Ἡρακλείων ὅπλων S.Ph.262; ἑπτὰ δεσποτῶν, of the seven Chiefs against Thebes, E.Supp.636; τοῦ ὄρτυγος Poll.9.108.—Not in Hom. (for metrical reasons), though he uses δέσποινα in Od. (Prob. for δεμσποτ- 'lord of the house', cf. δόμος.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 551] ὁ, acc. δεσπότεα Her. 1, 11. 91, plur. δεσπότεας 1, 111 als v. l., voc. δέσποτα oft comic.; 1) der Gebieter, Hausherr, im Ggstz des Gesindes, der Sclaven, δόμων Aesch. Eum. 60; οἰκίας Plat. Legg. XII, 954 b; = οἰκονόμος Polit. 259 b; Ggstz δοῦλος Parm. 133 d u. öfter; ἐξ οἰκέτου δεσπότης προϊών Luc. Nigr. 20; die Sclaven reden den Herrn an ὦ δέσποτ' ἄναξ, ὦναξ δέσποτα, Ar. Vesp. 875 u. öfter; Ath. XI, 485 a. – 2) Besitzer, Eigenthümer, Herr einer Sache, ἵππου Pind. Ol. 1, 22; μαντευμάτων Aesch. Spt. 27; Ἡρακλείων ὅπλων Soph. Phil. 262; τῆς δυνάμεως Ar. Plut. 201; Xen. Mem. 2, 7, 13 u. Sp. – 3) unumschränkter Herrscher, von den Perserkönigen, Her. 3, 89. Die Griechen nennen nur die Götter so, Eur. Hipp. 88; Xen. An. 3, 2, 8; Οὐλύμπου Pind. N. 1, 13; vgl. Plat. Euthyde 302 Phaed. 65 b; ἔρως Phaedr. 265 c; ἐλευθερία u. τὸ μηδένα ἔχειν δεσπότην gleich, Dem. 18, 296; das Gesetz ist δεσπότης, Her. 7, 104; ὁ δῆμος δεσπότης καὶ κύριος ἁπάντων Dem. 13, 31. Uebertr., ὕπνος Xen. Ages. 5, 2; ἡδοναί Mem. 4, 5, 4.
