Ἀρχίδιον
petty office, minor post
Translated by David Whitehead2 Aug 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] an official position [expressed] diminutively. Aristophanes [writes]: "and if, on being allocated a petty office, you then wish to grab something".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀρχίδιον· ὑποκοριστικῶς ἡ ἀρχή. Ἀριστοφάνης· κἂν λαχόντες ἀρχίδιον, εἶτα βούλησθ' ἁρπάσαι τι.
Betacode
*)arxi/dion: u(pokoristikw=s h( a)rxh/. *)aristofa/nhs: ka)\n laxo/ntes a)rxi/dion, ei)=ta bou/lhsq' a(rpa/sai ti.