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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

  • λέγει δὲ Ἅβραμ. δέσποτα Κύριε, τί μοι δώσεισ̣ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπολύομαι ἄτεκνοσ. ὁ δὲ υἱὸσ Μασὲκ τῆσ οἰκογενοῦσ μου, οὗτοσ Δαμασκὸσ Ἐλιέζερ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:2)
  • εἶπε δέ, Δέσποτα Κύριε, κατὰ τί γνώσομαι ὅτι κληρονομήσω αὐτήν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:8)
  • ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ἐγὼ ἀρχιστράτηγοσ δυνάμεωσ Κυρίου νυνὶ παραγέγονα. καὶ Ἰησοῦσ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. δέσποτα, τί προστάσσεισ τῷ σῷ οἰκέτῃ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 5:14)
  • εὐλογητὸσ εἶ, ὃσ ἔδωκάσ μοι σοφίαν, καὶ σοὶ ὁμολογῶ, δέσποτα τῶν πατέρων. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:60)
  • εὐλογητὸσ εἶ ὅτι ἠλέησασ δύο μονογενεῖσ. ποίησον αὐτοῖσ, δέσποτα, ἔλεοσ, συντέλεσον τὴν ζωὴν αὐτῶν ἐν ὑγιείᾳ μετ̓ εὐφροσύνησ καὶ ἐλέουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 8:17)

Synonyms

  1. master

  2. ruler

  3. generally

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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