Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλοδέσποτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοδέσποτος φιλοδέσποτον

Structure: φιλοδεσποτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving one's lord or master, that hug their chains

Examples

  • ἀπόλωλεν ἄρα παρ’ ὑμῖν τὸ τιμιώτατον τῶν παθῶν καὶ φυσικώτατον, ἐλευθερίασ ἐπιθυμία, φιλόδουλοι δὲ καὶ φιλοδέσποτοι γεγόναμεν ὥσπερ ἐκ προγόνων τὸ ὑποτάσσεσθαι παραλαβόντεσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 203:1)

Related

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

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