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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

  • ἀκουσάτω δὴ λόγον ὁ δεσπότησ ἡμῶν, ἵνα μὴ γένηται θραῦσμα ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 7:9)
  • καὶ ἐμετεωρίζετο τὴν διάνοιαν ὁ Ἀντίοχοσ, οὐ συνορῶν ὅτι διὰ τὰσ ἁμαρτίασ τῶν τὴν πόλιν οἰκούντων ἀπώργισται βραχέωσ ὁ Δεσπότησ, διὸ γέγονε περὶ τὸν τόπον παρόρασισ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:17)
  • 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)
  • οὐ γὰρ καθάπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν ἀναμένει μακροθυμῶν ὁ δεσπότησ μέχρι τοῦ καταντήσαντασ αὐτοὺσ πρὸσ ἐκπλήρωσιν ἁμαρτιῶν κολάσαι, οὕτω καὶ ἐφ̓ ἡμῶν ἔκρινεν εἶναι, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:14)
  • ηὔχετο δὲ ὁ μιαρὸσ πρὸσ τὸν οὐκέτι αὐτὸν ἐλεήσοντα Δεσπότην, οὕτω λέγων (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 9:13)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὑποστελεῖται πρόσωπον ὁ πάντων δεσπότησ, οὐδὲ ἐντραπήσεται μέγεθοσ, ὅτι μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν αὐτὸσ ἐποίησεν ὁμοίωσ τε προνοεῖ περὶ πάντων. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 6:7)
  • εὐγένειαν δοξάζει συμβίωσιν Θεοῦ ἔχουσα, καὶ ὁ πάντων δεσπότησ ἠγάπησεν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. master

  2. ruler

  3. generally

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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