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

  • καὶ κεν παῖδα νεογνὸν ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσιν ἔχουσα καλὰ τιθηνοίμην καὶ δώματα τηρήσαιμι καί κε λέχοσ στορέσαιμι μυχῷ θαλάμων εὐπήκτων δεσπόσυνον καί κ’ ἔργα διδασκήσαιμι γυναῖκασ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 15:16)
  • Ἀριστοκράτει δὲ λατρεύων μυρία, δεσπόσυνον καὶ τρίτον ἐκδέχομαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1693)
  • οὐκ οἶδα τίν’ αὐτῶν δεσπόσυνον κρίνω· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2462)
  • ἕτεροσ δὲ ἀπελεύθεροσ, τάφον δεσπότου φυλάσσων, τὸν δεσπόσυνον προγραφέντα ἐφύλασσεν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ μετὰ τοῦ πατρόσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 6 9:5)

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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