δεσπόζω
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
mostly pres. and impf.: fut.
A -όσω A.Pr.210, al., Ep. -όσσω h.Cer.365: aor. inf. δεσπόσαι E.Alc.486: 1 abs., to be lord or master, gain the mastery, πρὸς βίαν δ. A.Pr.210; ἄρχειν καὶ δ. Pl.Phd.80a, al.: as law-term, to be the legal proprietor, opp. κρατεῖν, PTheb.Bank1.15, cf. BGU1187.9 (i B. C.), PLond.3.977.32 (iv A. D.). b Astrol., of planets, to be dominant in a nativity, Vett. Val.72.5. 2 c. gen., to be lord or master of, h.Cer.365, Hdt.3.142, etc.; Ζηνὸς (or Διὸς) δεσπόσαι A.Pr.930; δεσπόζοντ' ἐμοῦ E. Supp.518; δ. τινός, opp. δουλεύειν ἄλλῳ, Pl.R.576a; δεσπόζειν φόβης own it, A.Ch.188; make oneself master of, λέκτροις ὧν ἐδέσποζον E.Andr.928: metaph., τοῦδε δ. λόγου A.Ag.543. 3 c. acc., lord it over, δ. πόλιν E.HF28:—Pass., δεσπόζονται Hp.Aër.16; δεσποζόμεναι πόλεις Pl.Lg.712e; δ. ὑπό τινος D.S.18.60; πρός τινος Ph.1.337.
German (Pape)
[Seite 551] als unumschränkter Herr gebieten, τινός H. h. Cer. 366; Aesch. Prom. 930; θρόνων Soph. Tr. 362; Prosa, Her. 3, 142; Plat. Legg. IV, 713 d u. Folgde, wie Pol. 1, 10; oft absolut, ἄρχειν καὶ δεσπόζειν Plat. Phaed. 80 a; bes. vom Hausherrn, Poll. 3, 73; Ggstz δουλεύειν Plat. Rep. IX, 576 a; seltener τί, πόλιν Eur. Herc. fur. 28; pass., sich beberrschen lassen, gehorchen, πόλεις δεσποζόμεναι καὶ δουλεύουσαι Plat. Legg IV, 713 a; ὑπό τινος D. Sic. 18, 60; – einer Sache Herr werden, ἵππων Eur. Alc. 486; λόγου, die Rede verstehen, Aesch. Ag. 543.
French (Bailly abrégé)
f. δεσπόσω, ao. ἐδέσποσα, pf. inus.
1 être le maître;
2 devenir maître de, se rendre maître de, gén. ; fig. δ. λόγου ESCHL se rendre maître de ce que qqn dit, comprendre le langage de qqn.
Étymologie: δεσπότης.
