δεσπότης: Difference between revisions

|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 [[i-]]stem (s. [[πόσις]]) became an [[ā-]]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. [[dam-]]), is the genetive of a word for [[house]] (s. [[δόμος]]). - An old synonym is Lith. <b class="b2">viẽšpats</b>; s. [[οἶκος]].