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ἐπιστάτης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστάτης ἐπιστάτες

Structure: ἐπιστατη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)fi/stamai

Sense

  1. one who stands near or by, a suppliant
  2. one's rear-rank man, the right- or left-hand man, the front-rank man)
  3. one who stands or is mounted upon
  4. one who is set over, a commander, president, steward, a, master
  5. the President
  6. an overseer, superintendent
  7. the caldron, which stood over

Examples

  • καὶ ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἔλαβον εὐνοῦχον ἕνα, ὃσ ἦν ἐπιστάτησ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πολεμιστῶν, καὶ πέντε ἄνδρασ τῶν ὁρώντων τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέωσ τοὺσ εὑρεθέντασ ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ τὸν γραμματέα τοῦ ἄρχοντοσ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ τὸν ἐκτάσσοντα τὸν λαὸν τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἄνδρασ τοῦ λαοῦ τῆσ γῆσ τοὺσ εὑρεθέντασ ἐν τῇ πόλει. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 25:19)
  • καὶ ἤνεγκαν ἐκεῖ τὰσ ἀπαρχὰσ καὶ τὰ ἐπιδέκατα ἐν πίστει, καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν ἐπιστάτησ Χωνενίασ ὁ Λευίτησ, καὶ Σεμεί̈ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ αὐτοῦ διαδεχόμενοσ, (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 31:12)
  • καὶ εὐνοῦχον ἕνα, ὃσ ἦν ἐπιστάτησ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πολεμιστῶν, καὶ ἑπτὰ ἄνδρασ ὀνομαστοὺσ τοὺσ ἐν προσώπῳ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, τοὺσ εὑρεθέντασ ἐν τῇ πόλει, καὶ τὸν γραμματέα τῶν δυνάμεων, τὸν γραμματεύοντα τῷ λαῷ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἀνθρώπουσ ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ τῆσ γῆσ, τοὺσ εὑρεθέντασ ἐν μέσῳ τῆσ πόλεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 52:22)
  • θύματοσ δ’ ἐπιστάτησ ἱερεύσ τ’ ἐπέσται τοῦδε παῖσ Ἀχιλλέωσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode6)
  • ̓πιν ἑστὼσ ἐπιστάτησ καλεῖται, ὁ δὲ αὖ κατόπιν τούτου πρωτοστάτησ, ὁ δ̓ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἐπιστάτησ, καὶ ἐφεξῆσ ὡσαύτωσ, ὡσ τὸν πάντα τοῦ λόχου στίχον ἐκ πρωτοστατῶν καὶ ἐπιστατῶν τετάχθαι παραλλὰξ ἱσταμένων. (Arrian, chapter 6 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. one who stands or is mounted upon

Related

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

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