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διάκτορος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: διάκτορος

Etym.: Perh. akin to dia/konos.

Sense

  1. the Messenger or Minister

Examples

  • ἐν δ’ ἄρα οἱ στήθεσσι διάκτοροσ Ἀργεϊφόντησ ψεύδεά θ’ αἱμυλίουσ τε λόγουσ καὶ ἐπίκλοπον ἦθοσ τεῦξε Διὸσ βουλῇσι βαρυκτύπου· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 11:8)
  • ἐνδιάθετοσ ἡγεμόνοσ Ἑρμοῦ δῶρον ὁ δ’ ἐν προφορᾷ διάκτοροσ καὶ ὀργανικόσ, ἑώλόν ἐστι καὶ ὑποπιπτέτω τῷ τουτὶ μὲν ᾔδειν πρὶν Θέογνιν γεγονέναι. (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 2 1:1)
  • εἶπεν δὲ ἕκαστα Ζηνὸσ ἐφημοσύνῃσι διάκτοροσ Ἀργειφόντησ, ὡσ ἐοί ἀθάνατοσ καὶ ἀγήρωσ ἶσα θεοῖσιν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 22:5)
  • ὡσ δὲ ταχὺσ βασιλῆι διάκτοροσ ἠε͂ν ὁδεύων, καὶ ταχὺσ εἰρήνην ὤπασε κευθομένην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 39 1:1)
  • ὣσ ἔφατ’, οὐδ’ ἀπίθησε διάκτοροσ ἀργεϊφόντησ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. the Messenger or Minister

Related

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

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