δεσποτικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of a master]] or [[for a master]], [[συμφορά|συμφοραί]] δεσποτικαί = [[misfortune]]s [[that befall one's master]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.64</span>; [[δίκαιον]] a [[master's]] [[right]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>134b8</span>; ὑπομένειν τὴν δεσποτικὴν ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1285a22</span>; [[ἡ δεσποτική]] = [[δεσποτεία]], ib.<span class="bibl">1259a37</span>; τὸ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>697c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[imperial]], νομισμάτια <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>95.10</span>; κτήσεις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>2.234.1</span> (iv A. D.); [[νοτάριος]] ib.<span class="bibl">416.3</span>.(iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[fitted to rule]], [[ἀδικία]] δεσποτικώτερον [[δικαιοσύνη]]ς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>344c</span>, etc.; [[inclined to tyranny]], [[despotic]], [[ὀλιγαρχία]] δεσποτική <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1306b3</span>; [[δῆμος]] ib.<span class="bibl">1292a16</span>; of persons, [[tyrannical]], Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.50 W. Adv. [[δεσποτικῶς]], [[βουλεύεσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.104</span>; ἄρχειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1295a16</span>: Comp. δεσποτικωτέρως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ath.</span>24.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[exercising despotic power over]], τινός X. Oec..13.5; ἐστὶ δὲ τυραννὶς [[μοναρχία]] δ. τῆς πολιτικῆς [[κοινωνία]]ς <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1279b16</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τῶν βελτιόνων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1292a19</span>.</span>