1) Byzantine court title 
Dishypatos, Latinized as dishypatus (δισύπατος, `twice hypatos`), was a Byzantine honorary dignity (δια βραβείου άξια, dia brabeiou axia) in the 9th–11th centuries, intended for `bearded men` (i.e. non-eunuchs). From then on, and especially during the Palaiologan period, it is attested as a family name. The title is r...