Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
Ar. and P. βασιλεία, ἡ, P. and V. μοναρχία, ἡ (rare P.).
rule: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κράτος, τό.
despotism: P. and V. τυραννίς, ἡ; see throne.
