οἰκοδεσπότης
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- master or steward of a house
- native ruler (opposite to foreign emperor)
- (astrology) dominant planet or otherwise owner of a domicile
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek οἶκος (house, household, home, dwelling, family, dwelling-place, a house) + Ancient Greek δεσπότης (master, lord, owner, ruler).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δεσπότης
Gloss
master, lord, owner, ruler
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- monoecious English
- oecium English
- oikology English
- oikophobe English
- oikophobia English
- oikos English
- despota Latin
- oecus Latin
- Ökologie German
- stenoeco Italian
- despote French
- eco- Spanish, Castilian
- δεσπότης Ancient Greek
- διοίκησις Ancient Greek
- κάτοικος Ancient Greek
- μέτοικος Ancient Greek
- μύλοικος Ancient Greek
- οἰκέω Ancient Greek
- οἰκίζω Ancient Greek
- οἰκίσκος Ancient Greek
- οἰκεῖος Ancient Greek
- οἰκιστής Ancient Greek
- οἰκογενής Ancient Greek
- οἰκονομία Ancient Greek
- οἰκοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- οἴκαδε Ancient Greek
- οἴκοθεν Ancient Greek
- οἶκος Ancient Greek
- οἶκόνδε Ancient Greek
- πάροικος Ancient Greek
- περίοικος Ancient Greek
- πρόσοικος Ancient Greek
- ἀδέσποτος Ancient Greek
- ἄνοικος Ancient Greek
- ἄντοικος Ancient Greek
- ἄοικος Ancient Greek
- ἄποικος Ancient Greek
- *dem- Proto-Indo-European
- *déms pótis Proto-Indo-European
- *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- ecônomo Portuguese
- éicea- Irish
- éici- Irish
- adespota Old Norse
- despot Danish
- despotisk Danish
- eco- Catalan, Valencian
- δεσπότης Greek (modern)
- οίκος Greek (modern)
- οικο- Greek (modern)
- ekologi Indonesian
- деспот Bulgarian
- *wóikos Proto-Hellenic