αὐτοκράτωρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], ορος, ὁ, ἡ,</b> (κρᾰτέω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">one's own master:</b> hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of persons or states, [[free]], [[independent]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.63</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12 (9).189.44, etc.: of a youth [[that has come of age]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of ambassadors and commissioners, [[possessing full powers]], [[plenipotentiary]], αὐτοκράτορά τινα ἑλέσθαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 359</span>; αὐ. ἥκομεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>1595</span>; πρεσβευτής <span class="bibl">Lys.13.9</span>; ξυγγραφεῖς <span class="bibl">Th.8.67</span>; αὐ. βουλή <span class="bibl">And.1.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἀποδεῖξαι ἄνδρας ἀρχὴν αὐτοκράτορας</b>, opp. a reference to the assembly, <span class="bibl">Th.5.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of rulers, [[absolute]], στρατηγοί <span class="bibl">Id.6.72</span>; ἄρχων <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>6.1.21</span>; ἀνυπεύθυνος καὶ αὐ. ἄρχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>875b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>299c</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ</b> <b class="b3">πᾶν αὐ. διαθεῖναι</b> manage all [[at their pleasure]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.126</span>; <b class="b3">ἦρχε τῶν ἀκολουθούντων αὐτὸς αὐτοκράτωρ</b>, of Philip, <span class="bibl">D.18.235</span>; μόναρχοι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1295a12</span>; <b class="b3">στρατηγία</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1285a8</span> (dub.); <b class="b3">νοῦς αὐ</b>. (cf. [[αὐτοκρατής]]) Anaxag. ap.<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>413c</span>: hence, = Lat.[[Dictator]], <span class="bibl">Plb.3.86.7</span>, etc.; = [[Imperator]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>8</span>; of [[the Emperor]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Galb.</span>1</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">αὐ. λογισμός</b> [[peremptory]] reasoning, <span class="bibl">Th.4.108</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. gen., [[complete master of]]... πόλις οὐκ αὐ. οὖσα ἑαυτῆς <span class="bibl">Id.3.62</span>; τῆς τύχης <span class="bibl">Id.4.64</span>; τῆς αὑτοῦ πορείας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>274a</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς ἐπιορκίας αὐ</b>. [[having full liberty to]] swear falsely, <span class="bibl">D.17.12</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">αὐ. κολάσαι</b> [[having full power]] to punish, <span class="bibl">Id.59.80</span>.</span>