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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Greek1: anax 2: oikodespotês 3: kosmokratôr 4: stegarchos 5: dunastês
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despot-ês, ou, ho; voc. despota^: Ion. acc. despotea Hdt. 1.91, al., Luc.Syr.D.25:--

  • master, lord, prop. the master of the house, domôn Aesch. Eum. 60, etc.; omma gar domôn nomizô despotou parousian IDEM=Aesch. Pers. 169: pl., of a family, IDEM=Aesch. Ag. 32, ti=Aesch. Lib. 53, au=Aesch. Lib. 82(lyr.); in respect of slaves, Plat. Parm. 133d; douloi kai d. ouk an pote genointo philoi IDEM=Plat. Laws 757a, etc.; d. kai doulos Aristot. Pol. 1253b6, cf. au=Aristot. Pol. 1278b35; ô despot' anax Aristoph. Peace 90 (anap.); ônax despota IBID=au=Aristoph. Peace 389, ti=Ar. Fr.598; despot' anax Men. 312.5.

    2. despot, absolute ruler,     Hdt. 3.89, Thuc. 6.77; turannos kai d. Plat. Laws 859a; of the Roman Emperors, Ph.2.568, D.C.55.12, Hdn.1.6.4; gas kai thalassas d. IG12(2).216 (Mytilene).

    3. of the gods, S.Fr.535,     Eur. Hipp. 88, Aristoph. Wasps 875, Xen. Anab. 3.2.13.

    4. dominant planet, Vett. Val.au=    Xen. Anab. 5.16.

    II. generally, master, lord, owner, kômou, naôn,     Pind. O. 6.18, ti=Pind. P. 4.207; manteumatôn Aesch. Seven 27; tôn Hêrakleiôn hoplôn Soph. Phil. 262; hepta despotôn, of the seven ti=S. Chiefs against Thebes, Eur. Supp. 636; tou ortugos Poll.9.108.--Not in Hom. (for metrical reasons), though he uses despoina in Od. (Prob. for demspot- 'lord of the house', cf. domos.)