β486Βωμολοχεύεσθαι
altar-ambusher
Properly speaking "altar-ambushers" was the name for those who sat under the altars during the sacrifices and pleaded disarmingly [for a share of the offering], but beyond that [sc. the term is applied to] the pipers…
Βωμολοχεύεσθαι· βωμολόχοι κυρίως ἐλέγοντο οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιῶν ὑπὸ τοὺς βωμοὺς καθίζοντες καὶ μετὰ κολακείας προσαιτοῦντες, ἔτι δὲ καὶ οἱ παραλαμβανόμενοι ταῖς θυσίαις αὐληταὶ καὶ…