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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

  • αὐτοί τε γὰρ ἧττον γίγνονται δεσποτικοὶ καὶ τοῖσ ἤθεσιν ἴσοι μᾶλλον, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρχομένων φθονοῦνται ἧττον. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 272:2)
  • ἐμπίμπλανται, μιμούμενοι τοὺσ νέουσ, ἵνα δὴ μὴ δοκῶσιν ἀηδεῖσ εἶναι μηδὲ δεσποτικοί. (Plato, Republic, book 8 431:1)

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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