οἰκοδεσπότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἶκος (oîkos, “household”) + δεσπότης (despótēs, “master, ruler”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oi̯.ko.des.pó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /y.ko.desˈpo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.ko.ðesˈpo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.ko.ðesˈpo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.ko.ðesˈpo.tis/
Noun
οἰκοδεσπότης • (oikodespótēs) m (genitive οἰκοδεσπότου); first declension
- master or steward of a house
- Synonyms: σταθμοῦχος (stathmoûkhos), στέγαρχος (stégarkhos)
- native ruler (opposite to foreign emperor)
- (astrology) dominant planet or otherwise owner of a domicile
Inflection
First declension of ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης; τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης ho oikodespótēs | τὼ οἰκοδεσπότᾱ tṑ oikodespótā | οἱ οἰκοδεσπόται hoi oikodespótai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου toû oikodespótou | τοῖν οἰκοδεσπόταιν toîn oikodespótain | τῶν οἰκοδεσποτῶν tôn oikodespotôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οἰκοδεσπότῃ tôi oikodespótēi | τοῖν οἰκοδεσπόταιν toîn oikodespótain | τοῖς οἰκοδεσπόταις toîs oikodespótais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν οἰκοδεσπότην tòn oikodespótēn | τὼ οἰκοδεσπότᾱ tṑ oikodespótā | τοὺς οἰκοδεσπότᾱς toùs oikodespótās | ||||||||||
Vocative | οἰκοδεσπότᾰ oikodespóta | οἰκοδεσπότᾱ oikodespótā | οἰκοδεσπόται oikodespótai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- οἰκοδεσπόζω (oikodespózō)
- οἰκοδεσποσύνη (oikodesposúnē)
- οἰκοδεσποτεία (oikodespoteía)
- οἰκοδεσποτέω (oikodespotéō)
- οἰκοδεσπότησις (oikodespótēsis)
- οἰκοδεσποτικός (oikodespotikós)
Descendants
- → Greek: οικοδεσπότης (oikodespótis)
- → Italian: Codispoti
Further reading
- “οἰκοδεσπότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “οἰκοδεσπότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- οἰκοδεσπότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette