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δεσπότης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεσπότης δεσπότου

Structure: δεσποτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: The latter part -po/ths is prob. from same Root as po/sis, and Lat. potis, potior: the syll. des- is uncertain.

Sense

  1. master, lord (most commonly in the context of one who owns slaves)
  2. ruler, despot
  3. generally: owner

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • φοβηθέντεσ καὶ αἰσχυνθέντεσ ἀνθρώπουσ ὑπεσκελίσθησαν. ὁ δὲ πεποιθὼσ ἐπὶ Κυρίῳ εὐφρανθήσεται. ἀσέβεια ἀνδρὶ δίδωσι σφάλμα, ὃσ δὲ πέποιθεν ἐπὶ τῷ δεσπότῃ, σωθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 29:25)
  • ὁμοίᾳ δὲ δίκῃ δοῦλοσ ἅμα δεσπότῃ κολασθεὶσ καὶ δημότησ βασιλεῖ τὰ αὐτὰ πάσχων, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 18:11)
  • οἰκέτησ λέγων τῷ δεσπότῃ. ὡσ ἀρέσκει οὐ ποιήσω, ἐὰν μετὰ ταῦτα ποιήσῃ, παροργίζει τὸν τρέφοντα αὐτόν]. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 19:21)
  • οἱ δὲ πεμπόμενοι, ἰδιῶταί τινεσ οἰκέται, ῥᾳδίωσ ἐξαπατηθέντεσ ἂν ἐπανῄεσαν, τὰ μὲν ἰδόντεσ, τὰ δὲ ὡσ ἰδόντεσ καὶ ἀκούσαντεσ διηγούμενοι καὶ προσεπιμετροῦντεσ ἔτι πλείω τούτων, ὡσ ἐντιμότεροι εἰε͂ν παρὰ τῷ δεσπότῃ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 30:6)
  • ἐν δευτέρῳ δὲ ἢ τρίτῳ, ὁπότε εἰκὸσ διαπεπονῆσθαι τὴν κύνα, κωλῦσαι ἄν μοι δοχῶ θαμινὰ ἀνακαλεῖν αὐτὴν ὀνομαστί, μή ποτε ἄρα ὑπὸ μένουσ καὶ προθυμίασ, χαρίζεσθαι τῷ δεσπότῃ ἐθέλουσα, ἔπειτα παρὰ δύναμιν ἐνταθεῖσα ῥήξειέν τι τῶν ἐντόσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 17 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. master

  2. ruler

  3. generally

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