Φιλοδεσποτεύομαι
I love my master, I love slavery
Translated by David Whitehead22 Dec 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
So [writes] Anaxilas.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλοδεσποτεύομαι· οὕτως Ἀναξίλας.
Betacode
*filodespoteu/omai: ou(/tws *)anaci/las.
Notes
- Anaxilas [alpha 1985] fr. 43 Kock (42 K.-A.), contextless. Same or very similar entry in other lexica.
Another comic poet, Timostratos, wrote a (lost) Philodespotes.
LSJ recognises bothfilodespote/w and (in the Supplement) thisfilodespoteu/omai in this sense.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 31 May 2016
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- Translated — David Whitehead