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

  • ἐγχέων ταύταν θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶσ ἀναβάλλομαι ὡσ πόρσιστα, μοῖραν δ’ εὔνομον αἰτέω σε παισὶν δαρὸν Αἰτναίων ὀπάζειν, Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἀγλαί̈αισιν δ’ ἀστυνόμοισ ἐπιμῖξαι λαόν. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 9 13:1)
  • τὰ αὐτὰ δὲ καὶ ἀστυνόμοισ ἔστω ζημιώματά τε καὶ κολάσεισ ἐν τῇ ἑαυτῶν ἀρχῇ, μέχρι μὲν μνᾶσ αὐτοὺσ ζημιοῦντασ, τὴν διπλασίαν δὲ μετὰ ἀγορανόμων. (Plato, Laws, book 6 92:1)
  • ὁ δὲ κατιδὼν πρῶτοσ ἀγγελλέτω, ἐὰν μὲν ἐν ἄστει γίγνηται τὸ τοιοῦτον, τοῖσ ἀστυνόμοισ, ἐὰν δὲ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐν ἀγορᾷ που, τοῖσιν ἀγορανόμοισ, ἐὰν δὲ τῆσ ἄλλησ χώρασ, ἀγρονόμοισ τε καὶ τοῖσ τούτων ἄρχουσι δηλωσάτω. (Plato, Laws, book 11 5:2)

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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