A.mistress, lady of the house, of Penelope, Od.14.127; ἄλοχος δ., of the wife of Nestor, 3.403; γυνὴ δ., of Arete, 7.347; mistress of a slave, POxy.49.4 (i/ii A. D.), BGU55 ii 5 (ii A. D.).
2. princess, queen, “δ. Κόλχων” Pi.P.4.11; “Κύπρου” Id.Fr.122.14; “δέσποιν᾽ ἁπασῶν, πότνι᾽ Ἀθηναίων πόλι” Com.Adesp.340.1.
3. coupled with the names of goddesses, “δ. Ἑκάτη” A.Fr.388; “Ἄρτεμις” S.El.626, cf. B.10.117, etc.; “δ. νύμφη” A.Fr.342; esp. as a name of Persephone, Pl.Lg.796b; in Arcadia, IG5(2).514 (Lycosura), Paus.8.37.1-10; of Κύπρις, Xenarch.4.21.
4. in Thessaly, simply, = γυνή, Hsch.
5. at Rome, Empress, PSI1.76.1 (vi A. D.), etc.