Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀστυνόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστυνόμος

Structure: ἀστυνομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ne/mw

Sense

  1. protecting the city, of social life
  2. a magistrate, had the care of the police, streets, and public buildings

Examples

  • δικαίωσ δ’ ἂν ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ παθεῖν ὁτιοῦν, ὅστισ οἰέται δεῖν, εἰ μέν τισ ἀγορανόμοσ ἢ ἀστυνόμοσ ἢ δικαστὴσ κατὰ δήμουσ γενόμενοσ κλοπῆσ ἐν ταῖσ εὐθύναισ ἑάλωκεν, ἄνθρωποσ πένησ καὶ ἰδιώτησ καὶ πολλῶν ἄπειροσ καὶ κληρωτὴν ἀρχὴν ἄρξασ, τούτῳ μὲν τὴν δεκαπλασίαν εἶναι, καὶ νόμον οὐδένα τοῖσ τοιούτοισ ἐπικουροῦντα τίθησιν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 169:1)

Synonyms

  1. protecting the city

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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