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δεσποτ-έω

despoteo

to be despotically ruled

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What it meant

δεσποτ-έω · despot-eō — LSJ

to be despotically ruled

= δεσπόζω, c. gen., Pl. Ti. 44d:—Pass., to be despotically ruled, πρὸς ἄλλης χερός A. Ch. 104; σῇ χερί E. Heracl. 884; δεσποτούμενος βίος, opp. ἀνάρχετος, A. Eu. 527 (lyr.), cf. 696.

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