δ1126Διμοιρίτης
double-pay soldier, half-file commander
Sometimes [commentators] have explained this as triw/bolon["three-obol-piece"], since this is the half part [dimoiron] of the drachma. So the soldier receiving this [sc. wage] was called dimoiri/ths. It is also a…
Διμοιρίτης· τοῦτο ἐνίοτε τριώβολον ἀποδεδώκασιν, ἐπειδὴ τοῦτο δίμοιρόν ἐστι τῆς δραχμῆς. ὁ οὖν τοῦτο λαμβάνων στρατιώτης διμοιρίτης ἐλέγετο. ἔστι δέ τις καὶ στρατιωτικὴ ἀρχή, ὡς…
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