Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δεσπόσυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεσπόσυνος

Structure: δεσποσυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: despo/ths

Sense

  1. of or belonging to the master or lord, arbitrary

Examples

  • τῇ διαχρεωμένη ἡ Ἑλλὰσ τήν τε πενίην ἀπαμύνεται καὶ τὴν δεσποσύνην. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 102 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. of or belonging to the master or lord

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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