δεσπότης: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[The [[latter]] [[part]] -[[πότης]] is prob. from [[same]] Root as [[πόσις]], and Lat. [[potis]], [[potior]]: the syll. δεσ- is [[uncertain]].]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[master]], [[lord]], the [[master]] of the [[house]], Lat. [[herus]], [[dominus]], Aesch., etc.; [[properly]] in [[respect]] of slaves, so that the [[address]] of a [[slave]] to his [[master]] was ὦ δέσποτ' [[ἄναξ]] or [[ὦναξ]] δέσποτα Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of Oriental rulers, a [[despot]], [[absolute]] [[ruler]], whose subjects are slaves, Hdt., Thuc.; the pl. is used by Poets of [[single]] persons, like τύραννοι, Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of the gods, Eur., Xen.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[generally]], an [[owner]], [[master]], [[lord]], κώμου, Aesch., Soph.