Βιώνης

life-buyer, living-buyer

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Sep 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[Meaning] he whose purchases are for public use.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βιώνης· ὁ τὰ δημόσια ἀγοράζων.

Betacode

*biw/nhs: o( ta\ dhmo/sia a)gora/zwn.

Same entry in Hesychius and other lexica. The one in ps.-Zonaras muddies the waters by offering an alternative definition based on bio/s, bowstring (cf. under beta 292). In any event the headword is not independently attested.