mistress

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. δεσπότις, ἡ (Plato), δέσποινα, ἡ (Dem. and Plato), Ar. and V. ἄνασσα, ἡ; see queen.

preceptress: P. and V. διδάσκαλος, ἡ.

mistress of a house: P. οἰκονόμος, ἡ, P. and V. οἰκουρός, ἡ.

mistress of, skilled in: use adj., P. and V. ἔμπειρος (gen.), ἐπιστήμων (gen.); see skilled.

concubine: Ar. and P. παλλακή, ἡ, ἑταίρα, ἡ.