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αὐτοκράτωρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτοκράτωρ αὐτοκράτορος

Structure: αὐτοκρατωρ (Stem)

Etym.: krate/w

Sense

  1. absolute ruler; autocrat
  2. a title applied to such ruler; equivalent of Latin title imperator

Examples

  • ἔδοξεν δ’ ἀναγκαῖον εἶναί μοι πάσασ ἐκθέσθαι τὰσ γεγενημένασ Ῥωμαίοισ καὶ τοῖσ αὐτοκράτορσιν αὐτῶν τιμὰσ καὶ συμμαχίασ πρὸσ τὸ ἔθνοσ ἡμῶν, ἵνα μὴ λανθάνῃ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ἅπαντασ, ὅτι καὶ οἱ τῆσ Ἀσίασ καὶ οἱ τῆσ Εὐρώπησ βασιλεῖσ διὰ σπουδῆσ ἔσχον ἡμᾶσ τήν τε ἀνδρείαν ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν πίστιν ἀγαπήσαντεσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 14 235:1)

Synonyms

  1. absolute ruler

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