δεσποτεία

A. the power of a master over slaves, or the relation of master to slaves, Pl. Prm. 133e, Arist. Pol. 1253b18, 1278b32; of husband over wife, Ph. 1.40, cf.151.

2. absoluterule, despotism, Pl. Lg. 698a, Luc. Luct. 6; δ. βαρβαρική Isoc. 5.154.

II. ownership, BGU 1187.32 (i B. C.), POxy. 67.10 (iv A. D.), Just. Nov. 2.2 Pr.