Μηναγύρτης

monthly collector

Translated by Catharine Roth12 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

14 words

[A term for] the priest of Rhea, who made monthly rounds gathering and collecting.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μηναγύρτης· ὁ τῆς Ῥέας ἱερεύς, ὁ κατὰ μῆνα ἀγείρων καὶ συναθροίζων.

Betacode

*mhnagu/rths: o( th=s *(re/as i(ereu/s, o( kata\ mh=na a)gei/rwn kai\ sunaqroi/zwn.

Notes

Similarly glossed in the Ambrosian Lexicon (according to Adler); and more fully in a scholion to Clement of Alexandria. See also mu 947.
For Rhea see generally rho 83.

Linked from1 entry

μ947Μηναγύρτηςmonthly collector[sc. Someone who is] collecting from [= by] the month.

Neighbouring entries

μ946Μήνmonth μ947Μηναγύρτηςmonthly collector μ948Μηναγύρτηςmonthly collector μ949ΜηνᾶςMenas μ950ΜήνηMene, moon

Revision history3 revisions · last 18 May 2016

18 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
21 May 2013Revised — David Whitehead
12 Jul 2009tweaked tr; augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
12 Jul 2009Translated — Catharine Roth