"δέσποινα" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈðe.spi.na/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέσποινα (déspoina, “lady of the house, mistress”), female counterpart to δεσπότης (despótēs). Compare to Δέσποινα f (Déspoina, “Lady (epithet for Holy Mary); feminine name”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|el|grc|δέσποινα|t=lady of the house, mistress}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέσποινα (déspoina, “lady of the house, mistress”), {{dercat|el|grk-pro|ine-pro}} Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|δέσποινες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} δέσποινα • (déspoina) f (plural δέσποινες), {{el-noun|f|δέσποινες}} δέσποινα • (déspoina) f (plural δέσποινες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|δέσποινα|δέσποινες|δέσποινας|-|δέσποινα|δέσποινες|δέσποινα|δέσποινες|note=}} Forms: déspoina [romanization], δέσποινες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], δέσποινα [nominative, singular], δέσποινες [nominative, plural], δέσποινας [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], δέσποινα [accusative, singular], δέσποινες [accusative, plural], δέσποινα [singular, vocative], δέσποινες [plural, vocative]
  1. (dated) a most revered lady, Lady of … (also used figuratively) Tags: dated Synonyms: κυρά, αφέντρα
    Sense id: en-δέσποινα-el-noun-Xw9CZx3p Categories (other): Greek terms with collocations
  2. for the feminine name and Holy Mary's epithet see Δέσποινα (Déspoina) Related terms (and see): δεσπότης and δεσπόζω (despózo)
    Sense id: en-δέσποινα-el-noun-UqciNcTW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'φυσαρμόνικα', Greek nouns lacking a genitive plural Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 4 5 12 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 5 11 76 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'φυσαρμόνικα': 35 65 Disambiguation of Greek nouns lacking a genitive plural: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'and see': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: δεσποινάριο (despoinário) [dated, diminutive, humorous, neuter] Related terms: δεσποινίς (despoinís) (english: Miss) [feminine], δεσποινίδα (despoinída), δεσποινιδούλα (despoinidoúla) [diminutive, feminine], οικοδέσποινα (oikodéspoina) [feminine], πυργοδέσποινα (pyrgodéspoina) [feminine]

Inflected forms

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}

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