οἰκοδεσπότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶκος (oîkos, “household”) +‎ δεσπότης (despótēs, “master, ruler”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.des.pó.tɛːs/ → /y.ko.ðesˈpo.tis/ → /i.ko.ðesˈpo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ko.des.pó.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.ko.desˈpo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ko.ðesˈpo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ko.ðesˈpo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ko.ðesˈpo.tis/

Noun

οἰκοδεσπότης • (oikodespótēs) m (genitive οἰκοδεσπότου); first declension

1. master or steward of a house

   Synonyms: σταθμοῦχος (stathmoûkhos), στέγαρχος (stégarkhos)

2. native ruler (opposite to foreign emperor)
3. (astrology) dominant planet or otherwise owner of a domicile

Inflection

First declension of ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης; τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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