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Ἐπιγνώμονας · assessors (ε 2267) · Suda

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Near ε2267

ε2263Epigenes
ε2264terrestrial
ε2265triumphs over
ε2266I will utter abuse
ε2267assessors
ε2268Epigonos, Epigonus
ε2269thigh-muscle
ε2270epigram, inscription
ε2271inscribers, registrars

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2267

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Ἐπιγνώμονας

assessors

Translated by David Whitehead13 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
economics
law
rhetoric

3 notes · 24 words

Translation

Meaning inspectors.
Also¹ [sc. attested are] 'registrars',² [meaning] those established to record, for each man, how much eisphora³ they owe to the public treasury.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιγνώμονας· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπισκόπους. καὶ Ἐπιγραφέας, τοὺς καθεστηκότας ἐπὶ τοῦ γράφειν ἑκάστῳ, ὅσον εἰσφέρειν ὀφείλουσιν εἰς τὸ δημόσιον.

Betacode

*)epignw/monas: a)nti\ tou= e)pisko/pous. kai\ *)epigrafe/as, tou\s kaqesthko/tas e)pi\ tou= gra/fein e(ka/stw|, o(/son ei)sfe/rein o)fei/lousin ei)s to\ dhmo/sion.

Notes (3)

Accusative plurals, as in Lysias (below)
1This "also" simply combines two adjacent (but quite different) entries in Harpokration, which cite Lysias 7.25 and fr. 92 Sauppe (now 102 Carey OCT) respectively. ↩
2Cf. epsilon 2271. ↩
3Cf. epsiloniota 330.

Linked from1 entry

ε2271Ἐπιγραφεῖςinscribers, registrarsWhenever there was a need for the citizens or the resident aliens to contribute silver to the public treasury, the ones who inscribed this were called epigrapheis.

Neighbouring entries

ε2265Ἐπιγηθεῖtriumphs over ε2266ἘπιγλωττήσομαιI will utter abuse ε2267Ἐπιγνώμοναςassessors ε2268ἘπίγονοςEpigonos, Epigonus ε2269Ἐπιγουνίδαthigh-muscle

Revision history5 revisions · last 11 Oct 2012

11 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
7 Jul 2011expanded and updated notes; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
12 Mar 2003augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
12 Mar 2003added another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
11 Mar 2003added cross-reference and keyword — Catharine Roth
13 Nov 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιγνώμονας (Adler number epsilon 2267), trans. David Whitehead, 13 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2267

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗