δεσπόζω
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
mostly pres. and impf.: fut.
A -όσω A.Pr.210, al., Ep. -όσσω h.Cer.365: aor. inf. δεσπόσαι E.Alc.486: 1 abs., to be lord or master, gain the mastery, πρὸς βίαν δ. A.Pr.210; ἄρχειν καὶ δ. Pl.Phd.80a, al.: as law-term, to be the legal proprietor, opp. κρατεῖν, PTheb.Bank1.15, cf. BGU1187.9 (i B. C.), PLond.3.977.32 (iv A. D.). b Astrol., of planets, to be dominant in a nativity, Vett. Val.72.5. 2 c. gen., to be lord or master of, h.Cer.365, Hdt.3.142, etc.; Ζηνὸς (or Διὸς) δεσπόσαι A.Pr.930; δεσπόζοντ' ἐμοῦ E. Supp.518; δ. τινός, opp. δουλεύειν ἄλλῳ, Pl.R.576a; δεσπόζειν φόβης own it, A.Ch.188; make oneself master of, λέκτροις ὧν ἐδέσποζον E.Andr.928: metaph., τοῦδε δ. λόγου A.Ag.543. 3 c. acc., lord it over, δ. πόλιν E.HF28:—Pass., δεσπόζονται Hp.Aër.16; δεσποζόμεναι πόλεις Pl.Lg.712e; δ. ὑπό τινος D.S.18.60; πρός τινος Ph.1.337.
German (Pape)
[Seite 551] als unumschränkter Herr gebieten, τινός H. h. Cer. 366; Aesch. Prom. 930; θρόνων Soph. Tr. 362; Prosa, Her. 3, 142; Plat. Legg. IV, 713 d u. Folgde, wie Pol. 1, 10; oft absolut, ἄρχειν καὶ δεσπόζειν Plat. Phaed. 80 a; bes. vom Hausherrn, Poll. 3, 73; Ggstz δουλεύειν Plat. Rep. IX, 576 a; seltener τί, πόλιν Eur. Herc. fur. 28; pass., sich beberrschen lassen, gehorchen, πόλεις δεσποζόμεναι καὶ δουλεύουσαι Plat. Legg IV, 713 a; ὑπό τινος D. Sic. 18, 60; – einer Sache Herr werden, ἵππων Eur. Alc. 486; λόγου, die Rede verstehen, Aesch. Ag. 543.
