δεσπόζω,
mostly present and imperfect: future -όσω[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 210, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+], Epic dialect -όσσω[[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 365 ] Refs]: aorist infinitive δεσπόσαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 486: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__1 absolutely, to be lord or master, gain the mastery, πρὸς βίαν δ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 210; ἄρχειν καὶ δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 80a, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: as law-term, to be the legal proprietor, opposed to κρατεῖν, [[ “PTheb.Bank” 1.15, compare “BGU” 1187.9 (1st c.BC), “PLond.” 3.977.32 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__1.b Astrology texts, of planets, to be dominant in a nativity, [[Vett. Val. 72.5. ] Refs]
__2 with genitive, to be lord or master of, [[ Hymnus in Cererem 365, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ζηνὸς (or Διὸς) δεσπόσαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 930; δεσπόζοντ᾽ ἐμοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 518 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τινός, opposed to δουλεύειν ἄλλῳ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 576a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεσπόζειν φόβης own it, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 188 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; make oneself master of, λέκτροις ὧν ἐδέσποζον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 928: _metaphorically_, τοῦδε δ. λόγου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 543. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with accusative, lord it over, δ. πόλιν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, δεσπόζονται [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 16; δεσποζόμεναι πόλεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 712e; δ. ὑπό τινος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.60; πρός τινος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.337. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]