Δημογέροντες

elders of the people

Translated by Carl Widstrand8 Jan 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

7 words

[Meaning] those most honoured by the people.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δημογέροντες· οἱ τοῦ δήμου ἐντιμότατοι.

Betacode

*dhmoge/rontes: oi( tou= dh/mou e)ntimo/tatoi.

Same entry in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia on Homer, Iliad 3.149, where this headword -- a single word in the Greek -- is applied to the Trojan elders.