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δεσπότης
δεσπότης
Ancient Greek
Noun
δεσπότης • (despótēs) m (genitive δεσπότου); first declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δεσπότης | τὼ δεσπότᾱ | οἱ δεσπόται | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δεσπότου | τοῖν δεσπόταιν | τῶν δεσποτῶν | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δεσπότῃ | τοῖν δεσπόταιν | τοῖς δεσπόταις | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δεσπότην | τὼ δεσπότᾱ | τοὺς δεσπότᾱς | ||||||||||
Vocative | δεσπότης | δεσπότᾱ | δεσπόται | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. |
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)
Related terms
Descendants
- Greek: δεσποτικός (despotikós), δεσποτισμός (despotismós)
- Latin: despota
- Russian: де́спот (déspot)
References
- 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 (© 2006–2016)
- “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 | ||
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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 δεσπότα (despóta). |
Synonyms
Related terms
- δεσπόζω (despózo, “dominate”)
- δεσποτεία f (despoteía, “despotism”)
- δεσποτισμός m (despotismós, “despotism”)
- δεσποτικός (despotikós, “despotic”)
- and see: αδέσποτος (adéspotos, “ownerless, stray”)