sovereignty
Φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft.
Τhucydides, 2.40.1
ἀρχή, ἡ, κράτος, τό, μοναρχία, ἡ (rare P.), δυναστεία, ἡ, V. θρόνοι, οἱ, σκῆπτρα, τά.
despotism: P. and V. τυραννίς, ἡ.
of one state over another: P. ἡγεμονία ἡ.