α388Ἀγύρτης
mendicant
[Meaning a] beggar, mountebank. One who asks for more, greedy. Or a vulgar person. And it is also a throw with dice and a Gallus and a seer, as Apion [says]. In the Epigrams: "a certain beggar-priest of the Mother who…
Ἀγύρτης· πτωχὸς, ὀχλαγωγός. ἐπαίτης, φιλοκερδής. ἢ συρφετώδης. ἔστι δὲ καὶ βόλος κυβευτικὸς καὶ Γάλλος καὶ μάντις, ὡς Ἀπίων. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· κειράμενος γονίμην τις ἀπὸ φλέβα…
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