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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

  • διόπερ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὁ τόποσ συμμετασχὼν τῶν τοῦ ἔθνουσ δυσπετημάτων γενομένων, ὕστερον εὐεργετημάτων ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐκοινώνησε, καὶ ὁ καταληφθεὶσ ἐν τῇ τοῦ Παντοκράτοροσ ὀργῇ πάλιν ἐν τῇ τοῦ μεγάλου Δεσπότου καταλλαγῇ μετὰ πάσησ δόξησ ἐπανωρθώθη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:20)
  • καὶ ἡδίστῳ καὶ βαθεῖ κατεσχέθη τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ τοῦ Δεσπότου, τῆσ ἀθέσμου μὲν προθέσεωσ πολὺ διεσφαλμένοσ, τοῦ δὲ ἀμεταθέτου λογισμοῦ μεγάλωσ διεψευσμένοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:12)
  • μὴ παραδῷσ οἰκέτην εἰσ χεῖρασ δεσπότου, μήποτε καταράσηταί σε καὶ ἀφανισθῇσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:36)
  • καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα γελοιότατόν ἐστιν, ὁπόταν τισ ἄφνω ἀκούσῃ ὅτι ὁ Ἡρακλῆσ μὲν θεὸσ ἀπεδείχθη, ὁ δὲ Εὐρυσθεύσ, ὃσ ἐπέταττεν αὐτῷ, τέθνηκεν, καὶ πλησίον Ἡρακλέουσ νεὼσ οἰκέτου ὄντοσ καὶ Εὐρυσθέωσ τάφοσ τοῦ δεσπότου αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν ἐν Θήβαισ Διόνυσοσ μὲν θεόσ, οἱ δ’ ἀνεψιοὶ αὐτοῦ ὁ Πενθεὺσ καὶ ὁ Ἀκταίων καὶ ὁ Λέαρχοσ ἀνθρώπων ἁπάντων κακοδαιμονέστατοι. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 7:1)
  • ἡ ἐλευθερία δὲ πρόχειροσ ἄκοντοσ τοῦ δεσπότου, κἂν εἰ βούλοιτο ἀπάγειν, παταχθησομένου τῷ ξύλῳ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 14:3)

Synonyms

  1. master

  2. ruler

  3. generally

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