δεσποσύνη
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A absolute rule, despotism, Hdt.7.102.
German (Pape)
[Seite 551] ἡ, die unumschränkte Herrschaft, Her. 7, 102.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δεσποσύνη: ἡ, ἀπόλυτος κυβέρνησις, δεσποτισμός, Ἡρόδ. 7. 102.
