δεσποτ-εία, ἡ,
the power of a master over slaves, or the relation of master to slaves, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 133e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1253b18, 1278b32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of husband over wife, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.40, compare 151. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 absoluterule, despotism, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 698a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 6; δ. βαρβαρική 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.154. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ownership, [[ “BGU” 1187.32 (1st c.BC), “POxy.” 67.10 (4th c.AD), 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 2.2 “Pr.” ] Refs 1st c.BC+]