1. δεσπότης · despotēs — Beekes
master (of the house), lord
The corpus record
δεσπότ-ης
despotes
master (of the house), lord
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- For Callias 1 · 35.97/10k
- Against Pancleon 2 · 25.97/10k
- Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
- Against Stephanus 1 12 · 21.22/10k
- Plutus 16 · 19.85/10k
- Peace 13 · 16.32/10k
- Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
- Frogs 13 · 14.27/10k
- 1 Timothy 2 · 12.63/10k
- Hecuba 8 · 11.17/10k
- Libation Bearers 6 · 11.16/10k
- Rhesus 6 · 11.16/10k
Densest 12 of 129 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. δεσπότης · despotēs — Chantraine
δέσποινα, etc
3. δεσπότης · despotēs — Frisk
ovın
4. δεσπότης · despotēs — Frisk
Zur Bildung noch Risch IF 59 (1949) 13
5. δεσπότ-ης · despot-ēs — LSJ
master, lord
Attestations
- δεσπότην · despotēn Plato, Republic 1.329 (DIORISIS sentence 61)
- δεσποτῶν · despotōn Plato, Republic 1.329 (DIORISIS sentence 64)
- δεσποτῶν · despotōn Plato, Republic 1.343 (DIORISIS sentence 507)
- δεσποτῶν · despotōn Plato, Republic 3.405 (DIORISIS sentence 1881)
- δεσπόταις · despotais Plato, Republic 3.416 (DIORISIS sentence 2104)
- δεσπόται · despotai Plato, Republic 3.417 (DIORISIS sentence 2122)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 366; entry #1640 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 280-281; entry #1925 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 402-403; entry #1501 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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