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ἑρμηνεύς

ἑρμηνεύς, ἑρμηνεύς, ἑρμηνέως, ὁ, interpreter

ἑρμην-εύς, έως, ὁ,
  • interpreter, esp. of foreign tongues, dragoman, Hdt. 2.125, 154, al., X. An. 1.2.17, PCair.Zen. 65 (iii B. C.), PTheb.Bank 9.1 (ii B.C.), etc.
        • b court interpreter, POxy. 237 vii 37 (ii A. D.), etc.
      • 2 matrimonial agent, go-between, Ptol. Tetr. 181.
      • 3 broker, commissionaire, POxy. 1517.6 (iii A. D.), etc.
    • II interpreter, expounder, Pi. O. 2.85, A. Ag. 616, 1062, etc.; ἑρμηνῆς τῶν θεῶν, of poets, Pl. Ion 534e; λόγος τῶν νόμων ἑ. Id. Lg. 907d; σιωπὴ δʼ ἄπορος ἑ. λόγων E. Fr. 126.
      • 2 applied to planets, D.S. 2.30.

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