δεσπότης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δεσπότᾱς (despótās) – Doric
Etymology
An original phrase from Proto-Indo-European *déms pótis (“master of the house”), from *dṓm (“house”), whence also Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house”); and *pótis (“master”), whence also Ancient Greek πόσις (pósis, “husband”); with an ending influenced by -της (-tēs, masculine adjectival suffix). Cognate with Sanskrit दम्पति (dám-pati, “lord of the house”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /des.pó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dɛsˈpo.tes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðesˈpo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðesˈpo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðesˈpo.tis/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δεσπότης ho despótēs |
τὼ δεσπότᾱ tṑ despótā |
οἱ δεσπόται hoi despótai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δεσπότου toû despótou |
τοῖν δεσπόταιν toîn despótain |
τῶν δεσποτῶν tôn despotôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δεσπότῃ tôi despótēi |
τοῖν δεσπόταιν toîn despótain |
τοῖς δεσπόταις toîs despótais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δεσπότην tòn despótēn |
τὼ δεσπότᾱ tṑ despótā |
τοὺς δεσπότᾱς toùs despótās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δέσποτᾰ déspota |
δεσπότᾱ despótā |
δεσπόται despótai | ||||||||||
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Accusative singular in the Ionic dialect is sometimes δεσπότεα (despótea).
Derived terms
- ἀδέσποτος (adéspotos)
- δεσποτικός (despotikós)
- δεσποτέω (despotéō)
- δεσποτεία (despoteía)
- φιλοδέσποτος (philodéspotos)
- οἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespótēs)
- οἰκοδεσποτέω (oikodespotéō)
Descendants
Further reading
- δεσπότης in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δεσπότης in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δεσπότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δεσπότης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- G1203 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðesˈpotis/
- Hyphenation: δε‧σπό‧της
Noun
δεσπότης • (despótis) m (plural δεσπότες)
- despot, tyrant (ruler with absolute power)
- Όταν πήρε εξουσία, ονόμασε τον εαυτό του δεσπότη. ― Ótan píre exousía, onómase ton eaftó tou despóti. ― When he took power, he named himself as despot.
- (religion) bishop
- Την ευλογία σου, δέσποτα! ― Tin evlogía sou, déspota! ― Your blessing, please, Bishop!
- (religion) Lord (term of address for God)
- Ευλόγησον, δέσποτα! ― Evlógison, déspota! ― Bless us, O Lord!
- (historical) despot (title of a Byzantine regional ruler)
- master, ruler
Declension
declension of δεσπότης
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | δεσπότης • | δεσπότες • δεσποτάδες • | |
| genitive | δεσπότη • | δεσποτών • δεσποτάδων • | |
| accusative | δεσπότη • | δεσπότες • δεσποτάδες • | |
| vocative | δεσπότη • | δεσπότες • δεσποτάδες • | |
| The irregular singular forms derived from Ancient Greek are also found: δεσπότου (despótou) and δέσποτα (déspota). | |||
Related terms
- αδέσποτος (adéspotos, “ownerless, stray”)
- δεσπόζω (despózo, “dominate”)
- δεσποινίς m (despoinís, “Miss”)
- δέσποτας m (déspotas)
- δεσποτάτο n (despotáto)
- δεσποτεία f (despoteía, “despotism”)
- δεσποτισμός m (despotismós, “despotism”)
- δεσποτικός (despotikós, “despotic”)
- οικοδεσπότης m (oikodespótis, “host”)
- πυργοδεσπότης m (pyrgodespótis)
- υποδεσπόζουσα f (ypodespózousa, “dominant -chord-”, participle and noun) (music)
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