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|Transliteration C=despotis | |Transliteration C=despotis | ||
|Beta Code=despo/ths | |Beta Code=despo/ths | ||
|Definition=ου<b class="b3">, ὁ;</b> voc. | |Definition=ου<b class="b3">, ὁ;</b> voc. [[δέσποτᾰ]]: Ion. acc. <span class="sense"><p> <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>:—[[master]], [[lord]], prop. [[the master of the house]], 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"> <span class="bld">2</span> [[despot]], [[absolute ruler]], <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 [[Emperors]], <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"> <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"> <span class="bld">4</span> [[dominant planet]], Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">5.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[master]], [[lord]], [[owner]], <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 [[δέσποινα]] in Od. (Prob. for <b class="b3">δεμσποτ-</b> 'lord of the house', cf. [[δόμος]].) </span> | ||
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|etymtx=-ου<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">master (of the house), lord</b> (Pi.; on its absence in Homer [ | |etymtx=-ου<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">master (of the house), lord</b> (Pi.; on its absence in Homer [[[δέσποινα]] Od.] s. Wackernagel Unt. 209 A. 1).<br />Compounds: After <b class="b3">αὑτο-</b>, <b class="b3">οἰκο-</b>, <b class="b3">φιλο-</b>.<br />Derivatives: [[δέσποινα]] [[mistress of the house]], [[lady]] (Od.); [[δεσποινικός]] [[in the service of the queen]] (PMasp. 88, 10, VIp); also [[δεσπότις]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (S.), rare [[δεσπότειρα]] (S. Fr. 1040), [[δεσπότρια]] (Sch. E. Hek. 397); on the feminin forms Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 27; on NGr. [[δεσποινίς]] Schwyzer 133. Rare dimin. [[δεσποτίσκος]] (E.), [[δεσποτίδιον]] (Aristaenet.). - Adj. [[δεσπόσυνος]] [[beloning to the lord]] (Tyrt., h. Cer.), with [[δεσποσύνη]] [[lordship]] (Hdt.); [[δεσπόσιος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (A.), [[δεσποτικός]] (Pl.), [[δεσπότειος]] (Lyk.). - Denomin. [[δεσπόζω]] [[be lord]] (Ion.-Att.); [[δέσποσμα]] (Man.). [[δεσποτέω]] <b class="b2">id.</b>, <b class="b2">obey a δ.</b> (A.). [[δεσποτεύω]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (LXX); [[δεσποτεία]] (Pl.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [198] <b class="b2">*dems-pot-</b> [[lord of the house]]<br />Etymology: Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">dámpati-</b> (also in two words <b class="b2">pátir dán</b>), Av. [[dǝng paitiš]] [[lord]]. In Greek it became a fixed compound, which for the <b class="b2">i-</b>stem (s. [[πόσις]]) became an <b class="b2">ā-</b>stem (after old examples, cf. Lat. [[agricola]], <b class="b3">ἀγκυλο-μήτης</b> beside [[μῆτις]]; Schwyzer 451). [[δέσποινα]] from <b class="b3">*δεσ-ποτ-νι̯α</b>. - The first part, IE <b class="b2">*dems-</b> (from which Gr. <b class="b3">δεσ-</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">dam-</b>), is the genetive of a word for [[house]] (s. [[δόμος]]). - An old synonym is Lith. <b class="b2">viẽšpats</b>; s. [[οἶκος]]. | ||
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