ἀδέσποτος

English (LSJ)

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   A without master or owner, ἀρετὴ ἀ. Pl.R.617e; τὸ παρ' ἡμᾶς ἀ. Epicur.Ep.3p.65U.: of property, POxy.1188.15 (13 A.D.), cf. Str.17.1.12: of freedmen, Myro Hist.2; οἰκήσεις Arist.EN1161a7, cf. E.Hyps.Fr.1.11; ἀ. καὶ αὐτοκρατεῖς, of the gods, Plu.2.426c; ἀ. βίος Sallust.21.    II of rumours or writings, anonymous, Cic. Fam.15.17.3, D.H.11.50, Plu.Cic.15, etc. Adv. -τως J.Ap.1.16, Sch.Ar.Ra.1400.    III ungovernable, λύπη Democr.290.

German (Pape)

[Seite 33] (δεσπότης), 1) ohne Herrn, δοῦλοι Myro bei Ath. VI, 102 (271 f); οἰκήσεις Arist. Eth. Nic. 8, 10. – 2) von unbekanntem Verfasser, anonym, ἐπιστολή Plut. Cic. 15; φήμη, unverbürgt, Oth. 4, wie rumores bei Cic. Fam. XV, 17.