δέσποινα

See also: Δέσποινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *déspoňňa, from Proto-Indo-European *déms pótnih₂ (“lady of the house”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍‎ (dəmąnō.paθnī, “mistress, housekeeper”) and Persian بانو‎ (bânu, “lady”). Female counterpart of δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δέσποινα • (déspoina) f (genitive δεσποίνης); first declension

  1. lady, mistress
  2. princess, queen

Inflection
First declension of ἡ δέσποινᾰ; τῆς δεσποίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δέσποινᾰ
hē déspoina		 τὼ δεσποίνᾱ
tṑ despoínā		 αἱ δέσποιναι
hai déspoinai
Genitive τῆς δεσποίνης
tês despoínēs		 τοῖν δεσποίναιν
toîn despoínain		 τῶν δεσποινῶν
tôn despoinôn
Dative τῇ δεσποίνῃ
têi despoínēi		 τοῖν δεσποίναιν
toîn despoínain		 ταῖς δεσποίναις
taîs despoínais
Accusative τὴν δέσποινᾰν
tḕn déspoinan		 τὼ δεσποίνᾱ
tṑ despoínā		 τᾱ̀ς δεσποίνᾱς
tā̀s despoínās
Vocative δέσποινᾰ
déspoina		 δεσποίνᾱ
despoínā		 δέσποιναι
déspoinai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέσποινα (déspoina, “lady of the house, mistress”), from Proto-Hellenic *déspoňňa, from Proto-Indo-European *déms pótnih₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋.𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍‎ (dəmąnō.paθnī, “mistress, housekeeper”) and Persian بانو‎ (bânu, “lady”).

Female counterpart to δεσπότης (despótis).

Noun

δέσποινα • (déspoina) f (plural δέσποινες)

  1. miss, Miss address for young, unmarried women
  2. female host, hostess
  3. lady
  4. mistress of the home

Declension
declension of δέσποινα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative δέσποινα • δέσποινες •
genitive δέσποινας • —
accusative δέσποινα • δέσποινες •
vocative δέσποινα • δέσποινες •
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