Subj: RE: Apphia as slave-owner?
Perry asked:
< Is DESPOTHS
exclusively masculine, or is there a feminine declension as well? >
The feminine is DESPOINA. There is a fairly rare form DESPOTIS also.
(Of course, the "masculine" plural does not mean "males only"; it is
simply the unmarked form--just as ADELFOI means "siblings" and PATRES
means "parents".)
Edward Hobbs