αὐτοκράτωρ

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From αὐτο- (auto-) +‎ κράτωρ (krátōr, ruler) (from κρατέω (kratéō, I rule, command) and -τωρ (-tōr, masculine agent suffix.), from κράτος (krátos, power, strength))

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αὐτοκράτωρ (autokrátōrm (genitive αὐτοκράτορος); third declension, αὐτοκράτειρα f (autokráteira)

  1. absolute ruler; autocrat
    • 4 Maccabees 8:28:
      ἦσαν γὰρ περίφρονες τῶν παθῶν καὶ αὐτοκράτορες τῶν ἀλγηδόνων
      êsan gàr períphrones tôn pathôn kaì autokrátores tôn algēdónōn
      for they were contemptuous of the emotions and sovereign over agonies
  2. a title applied to such ruler; equivalent of Latin title imperator
    1. the Emperor of the Roman Empire

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