Ἐπιστάτης
chairman
Translated by David Whitehead15 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
There were two at Athens, of which the one was chosen by lot from prytaneis, the other from the proedroi. And in everyday usage [a chairman] was the word for someone set in charge of something or other.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπιστάτης· δύο ἦσαν Ἀθήνησιν, ὧν ὁ μὲν ἐκ πρυτανέων ἐκληροῦτο, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῶν προέδρων. ἐλέγετο δὲ καὶ ὁ ἐν τοῖς κοινοῖς ἐφεστηκὼς πράγματι ᾡτινιοῦν.
Betacode
*)epista/ths: du/o h)=san *)aqh/nhsin, w(=n o( me\n e)k prutane/wn e)klhrou=to, o( de\ e)k tw=n proe/drwn. e)le/geto de\ kai\ o( e)n toi=s koinoi=s e)festhkw\s pra/gmati w(|tiniou=n.
Notes
- An abridgement of Harpokration s.v., commenting in the first instance on the headword's appearance in Isaeus fr. 42 Sauppe and citing other material (Aeschines 3.14 & 29, ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 44.2-3; Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 12).
See also epsilon 2610, epsilon 2611, epsilon 2613, epsilon 2614, epsilon 2615; and cf. epsilon 2616, epsilon 2617.
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- ε2609Ἐπιστατείαchairmanship[no gloss]
- ε2610Ἐπιστάτηςepistates, rear-ranker[Meaning] the file man stationed behind [sc. the front-ranker]. The one after him [is] a front-ranker, and the one after him a rear-ranker again -- so that the entire row is made up of front-rankers and rear-rankers.…
- ε2611ἘπιστάτηςchairmanOne of the prytaneis [sc. in classical Athens], chosen by lot, was known as the chairman. It was not possible for the same man to serve as chairman twice. He keeps the keys of the temple in which the public monies [are…
- ε2613Ἐπιστάτηςchairman, epistates[sc. The term is used] also in reference to a knowledgeable [person]. "Like a thin-gossiping chairman of writings." The Pisidian says [this].
- ε2614Ἐπιστάτηςepistates, pot-stand, trivetA bronze tripod fulfilling the function of a pot-stand; but others [say that is] a clay Hephaistos, seated at the hearths, as guardian of the fire. But some [say that it is] a long timber with pegs on it, from which…
- ε2616Ἐπιστάτιςchairwoman, lady presidentFeminine. A particular office, established to advise on war or peace or something else. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "Timokleia in the chair, Lusilla as secretary". And Sophocles [writes]: "to presidents…
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