Μιτάτωρ

metator

Translated by David Whitehead23 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] the messenger sent on ahead of the official.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μιτάτωρ· ὁ προαποστελλόμενος ἄγγελος πρὸ τοῦ ἄρχοντος.

Betacode

*mita/twr: o( proapostello/menos a)/ggelos pro\ tou= a)/rxontos.

The headword mita/twr is presumably a transliteration of the Latin metator, originally and etymologically a measurer but with a cluster of applied meanings including the one glossed here.

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