The corpus record

δεσποτ-εία

despoteia · ἡ

the power of a master

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Where it lives

Parmenides 4 · 2.64/10k
Politics 8 · 1.22/10k
Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

δεσποτ-εία · despot-eia — LSJ

the power of a master, the relation of master, of husband

the power of a master over slaves, or the relation of master to slaves, Pl. Prm. 133e, Arist. Pol. 1253b18, 1278b32; of husband over wife, Ph. 1.40, cf. 151.

2 absolute rule, despotism

absolute rule, despotism, Pl. Lg. 698a, Luc. Luct. 6; δ. βαρβαρική Isoc. 5.154.

II ownership

ownership, BGU 1187.32 (i B. C.), POxy. 67.10 (iv A. D.), Just. Nov. 2.2Pr.

In the wild

δεσποτεία · despoteia Aristotle, Politics 1253b (DIORISIS sentence 67)
δεσποτεία · despoteia Aristotle, Politics 1253b (DIORISIS sentence 67)
δεσποτεία · despoteia Aristotle, Politics 1255b (DIORISIS sentence 140)
δεσποτείας · despoteias Aristotle, Politics 1278b (DIORISIS sentence 1017)
δεσποτείαν · despoteian Aristotle, Politics 1278b (DIORISIS sentence 1025)
δεσποτεία · despoteia Aristotle, Politics 1278b (DIORISIS sentence 1025)

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