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δεσπ-όσυνος

desposunos

of, belonging to the master, lord

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Economics 2 · 1.12/10k

What it meant

δεσπ-όσυνος · desp-osynos — LSJ

of, belonging to the master, lord, the masterʼs, arbitrary rule

of or belonging to the master or lord, λέχος h.Cer. 144; δόμοι δ. A. Ch. 942 (lyr.); μέλαθρα Ar. Th. 42 (anap.); τὰ δ. χρήματα the masterʼs property, X. Oec. 9.16 (δεσπόσυνα, τά, ib. 14.2, Phld. Oec. p.24J.); δ. ἀνάγκαι arbitrary rule, A. Pers. 587 (lyr.); also, = τῆς δεσποίνης, γόνατα Tim. Pers. 136.

Subst., = δεσπότης, Tyrt. 6.2 (cf. Plu. Lyc. 28), Anaxandr. 41.33 (anap.), GDI 4334 (Megiste).

= verna, Eust. 846.13.

In the wild

δεσποσύνων · desposynōn Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 942–945
δεσποσύνων · desposynōn Aeschylus, Libation Bearers (DIORISIS sentence 499)
δεσποσύνοισιν · desposynoisin Aeschylus, Persians 584–588
δεσποσύνων · desposynōn Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 747)
δεσποσύνους · desposynous Euripides, Hecuba *xoro/s (DIORISIS sentence 38)
δεσποσύνοις · desposynois Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 2 (DIORISIS sentence 169)

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