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δέσποινα

δέσποινα, δέσποινα, ἡ, mistress (f. of ‘master’), queen (noun)

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δεσποινῶν feminine genitive plural of δέσποινα

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δέσποινα, ἡ, fem. of δεσπότης,
  • mistress, lady of the house, of Penelope, Od. 14.127; ἄλοχος δ., of the wife of Nestor, 3.403; γυνὴ δ., of Arete, 7.347; mistress of a slave, POxy. 49.4 (i/ii A. D.), BGU 55 ii 5 (ii A. D.).
      • 2 princess, queen, δ. Κόλχων Pi. P. 4.11; Κύπρου Id. Fr. 122.14; δέσποινʼ ἁπασῶν, πότνιʼ Ἀθηναίων πόλι Com.Adesp. 340.1.
      • 3 coupled with the names of goddesses, δ. Ἑκάτη A. Fr. 388; Ἄρτεμις S. El. 626, cf. B. 10.117, etc.; δ. νύμφη A. Fr. 342; esp. as a name of Persephone, Pl. Lg. 796b; in Arcadia, IG 5(2).514 (Lycosura), Paus. 8.37.1-10; of Κύπρις, Xenarch. 4.21.
      • 4 in Thessaly, simply, = γυνή, Hsch.
      • 5 at Rome, Empress, PSI 1.76.1 (vi A. D.), etc.

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