φιλοδέσποτος

A. loving one's lord or master, ἀνδράποδα φ. slaves that hug their chains, cringing slaves, Hdt. 4.142, cf. Com.Adesp. 24.13 D.; φύσει φ. D.S. 17.66; φιλόδουλοι καὶ φιλοδέσποτοι J. BJ 4.3.10; δῆμος φ. Thgn. 849; in good sense, φ. ἀπελεύθερος MAMA 4.336 (Eumeneia); of dogs, Plu. 2.491c: τὸ φ. Luc. Fug. 16; φ. θεραπεῖαι Ph. 1.474: as Subst., title of plays by Timostratus, AB 80 (where dat. ‐τῃ), Theognetus, Ath. 14.616a, and Sogenes, IG 22.2323.157.