däspot

Volapük

Etymology

From German Despotie (minus -ie) and/or Greek δεσποτία (despotía) (minus -ία (-ía)), and also (probably) from English despotism (minus -ism), French despotisme (minus -isme), German Despotismus (minus -ismus), English despotismus (minus -ismus), Ancient Greek δεσποτισμός (despotismós) (minus -ισμός (-ismós)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛs.ˈpot]

Noun

däspot (nominative plural däspots)

1. despotism

Declension

Declension of däspot

	singular	plural
nominative	däspot	däspots
genitive	däspota	däspotas
dative	däspote	däspotes
accusative	däspoti	däspotis
vocative 1	o däspot!	o däspots!
predicative 2	däspotu	däspotus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• däspotan (“despot”)
• däspotik (“despotic”)
• däspotiko (“despotically”)