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μαχαιροφόρος

μαχαιροφόρος, wearing a sabre

μᾰχαιρο-φόρος, ον,
  • wearing a sabre, of Egyptians, Hdt. 9.32; μ. ἔθνος, of Persians, A. Pers. 56 (anap.); of Thracians, Th. 2.96, 7.27:— as Subst., swordsman, Plb. 38.7.2, Plu. Sull. 8, etc.; freq. of military police in Egypt, PAmh. 2.38 (ii B.C.), PTeb. 35.13 (ii B.C.), OGI 737.6 (ii B. C.), Sammelb. 46, Ostr.Bodl. iii 64, etc.

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