δυνάστης

dynastes

lord, master, ruler

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28

1163a35
Book X 2
Chapter 8 1178a9–1179a32

1179a7
1179a14
Politics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32

1308a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

δυνάστης, ου, ὁ, A. lord, master, ruler, of Zeus, S. Ant. 608 (lyr.); ἄνδρες δ. the chief men in a state, Hdt. 2.32, cf. Pl. R. 473d, etc.; petty chief, princelet, Th. 7.33, etc.; ἡγεμόσι καὶ δ. καὶ βασιλεῦσιν Plb. 9.23.5, cf. 10.34.2, Posidon. 50 J., Str. 17.3.25; λαμπροὶ δυνάσται, of the stars, A. Ag. 6.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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