δεσπότης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου<b class="b3">, ὁ;</b> voc. <b class="b3">δέσποτᾰ</b>: Ion. acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δεσπότεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.91</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Syr.D.</span>25</span>:—<b class="b2">master, lord</b>, prop. <b class="b2">the master of the house</b>, δόμων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>60</span>, etc.; ὄμμα γὰρ δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>169</span>: pl., of a family, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>32</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>53</span>, <span class="bibl">82</span>(lyr.); in respect of slaves, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>133d</span>; δοῦλοι καὶ δ. οὐκ ἄν ποτε γένοιντο φίλοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 757a</span>, etc.; δ. καὶ δοῦλος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1253b6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1278b35</span>; ὦ δέσποτ' ἄναξ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>90</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ὦναξ δέσποτα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">389</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>598</span>; δέσποτ' ἄναξ <span class="bibl">Men. 312.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">despot, absolute ruler</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.89</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.77</span>; τύραννος καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>859a</span>; of the Roman <b class="b2">Emperors</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.568</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.55.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.6.4</span>; γᾶς καὶ θαλάσσας δ. <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).216 (Mytilene). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the gods, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>535</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>88</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>875</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">dominant planet</b>, Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">5.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> generally, <b class="b2">master, lord, owner</b>, <b class="b3">κώμου, ναῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>4.207</span>; μαντευμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>27</span>; τῶν Ἡρακλείων ὅπλων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>262</span>; <b class="b3">ἑπτὰ δεσποτῶν</b>, of the seven <span class="title">Chiefs</span> against Thebes, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>636</span>; τοῦ ὄρτυγος <span class="bibl">Poll.9.108</span>.—Not in Hom. (for metrical reasons), though he uses <b class="b3">δέσποινα</b> in Od. (Prob. for <b class="b3">δεμσποτ-</b> 'lord of the house', cf. <b class="b3">δόμος</b>.) </span>