06-29-2011, 02:20 AM
In Rome it was Dominus and Domina, what was it in classical Greece?
Zeuxippos -- Sage
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What did Greek slaves call their masters ?
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06-29-2011, 04:27 AM
ὦ δέσποτα (oh despota) is the masculine vocative singular (the form you use to address one person), ὦ δέσποινα (oh despoyna) the feminine. I think we borrowed it as despot in the 18th century.
Nullis in verba
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