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δεσποτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεσποτικός

Structure: δεσποτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: despo/ths

Sense

  1. of or for a master, that befall one's master
  2. inclined to tyranny, despotic

Examples

  • ὅστισ γάρ τοι ἀρχικοὺσ ἀνθρώπων δύναται ποιεῖν, δῆλον ὅτι οὗτοσ καὶ δεσποτικοὺσ ἀνθρώπων δύναται διδάσκειν, ὅστισ δὲ δεσποτικοὺσ δύναται ποιεῖν, καὶ βασιλικούσ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 13 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or for a master

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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