αὐτοκράτωρ: Difference between revisions

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