δεσπότης: Difference between revisions

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