δεσποτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δεσπότης (despótēs) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /des.po.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /des.po.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðes.po.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðes.po.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðes.po.tiˈkos/

Adjective

δεσποτῐκός • (despotikós) m (feminine δεσποτῐκή, neuter δεσποτῐκόν); first/second declension

pertaining to one's master
despotic

Declension

First and second declension of δεσποτῐκός; δεσποτῐκή; δεσποτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	δεσποτῐκός despotikós	δεσποτῐκή despotikḗ	δεσποτῐκόν despotikón	δεσποτῐκώ despotikṓ	δεσποτῐκᾱ́ despotikā́	δεσποτῐκώ despotikṓ	δεσποτῐκοί despotikoí	δεσποτῐκαί despotikaí	δεσποτῐκᾰ́ despotiká
Genitive	δεσποτῐκοῦ despotikoû	δεσποτῐκῆς despotikês	δεσποτῐκοῦ despotikoû	δεσποτῐκοῖν despotikoîn	δεσποτῐκαῖν despotikaîn	δεσποτῐκοῖν despotikoîn	δεσποτῐκῶν despotikôn	δεσποτῐκῶν despotikôn	δεσποτῐκῶν despotikôn
Dative	δεσποτῐκῷ despotikôi	δεσποτῐκῇ despotikêi	δεσποτῐκῷ despotikôi	δεσποτῐκοῖν despotikoîn	δεσποτῐκαῖν despotikaîn	δεσποτῐκοῖν despotikoîn	δεσποτῐκοῖς despotikoîs	δεσποτῐκαῖς despotikaîs	δεσποτῐκοῖς despotikoîs
Accusative	δεσποτῐκόν despotikón	δεσποτῐκήν despotikḗn	δεσποτῐκόν despotikón	δεσποτῐκώ despotikṓ	δεσποτῐκᾱ́ despotikā́	δεσποτῐκώ despotikṓ	δεσποτῐκούς despotikoús	δεσποτῐκᾱ́ς despotikā́s	δεσποτῐκᾰ́ despotiká
Vocative	δεσποτῐκέ despotiké	δεσποτῐκή despotikḗ	δεσποτῐκόν despotikón	δεσποτῐκώ despotikṓ	δεσποτῐκᾱ́ despotikā́	δεσποτῐκώ despotikṓ	δεσποτῐκοί despotikoí	δεσποτῐκαί despotikaí	δεσποτῐκᾰ́ despotiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	δεσποτῐκῶς despotikôs			δεσποτῐκώτερος despotikṓteros			δεσποτῐκώτᾰτος despotikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: δεσποτικός (despotikós)
→ Bulgarian: деспоти́чен (despotíčen)
→ Czech: despotický
→ Danish: despotisk
→ English: despotic
→ French: despotique
→ Italian: dispotico
→ Polish: despotyczny
→ Romanian: despotic
→ Russian: деспоти́чный (despotíčnyj)
→ Slovak: despotický
→ Swedish: despotisk

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεσποτικός (despotikós). By surface analysis, δεσπότης (despótis) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðes.po.tiˈkos/

Adjective

δεσποτικός • (despotikós) m (feminine δεσποτική, neuter δεσποτικό)

despotic

Declension

Declension of δεσποτικός

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	δεσποτικός •	δεσποτική •	δεσποτικό •	δεσποτικοί •	δεσποτικές •	δεσποτικά •
genitive	δεσποτικού •	δεσποτικής •	δεσποτικού •	δεσποτικών •	δεσποτικών •	δεσποτικών •
accusative	δεσποτικό •	δεσποτική •	δεσποτικό •	δεσποτικούς •	δεσποτικές •	δεσποτικά •
vocative	δεσποτικέ •	δεσποτική •	δεσποτικό •	δεσποτικοί •	δεσποτικές •	δεσποτικά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο δεσποτικός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δεσποτικός, etc.)

Related terms

δεσπότης m (despótis, “despot, bishop”)
δεσποτισμός m (despotismós, “despotism”)

δεσποτικός

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