δέσποινα

A. 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; δέσποιν’ ἁπασῶν, πότνῑ 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.