δῠνάστ-ης, ου, ὁ,
lord, master, ruler, of Zeus, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 608 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνδρες δ. the chief men in a state, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 473d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; petty chief, princelet, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.33, etc.; ἡγεμόσι καὶ δ. καὶ βασιλεῦσιν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.23.5, compare 10.34.2, 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 50 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.3.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπροὶ δυνάσται, of the stars, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]