β93Βάναυσος
vulgar, mechanical, banausic, plebeian
"As regards his administration, the things he took pride in were those in which a vulgar tax-collector would take pride. For he used to boast about the fact that there was a lot of profitable trade in the city and that…
Βάναυσος· ἐπὶ τούτοις σεμνύνεται κατὰ τὴν πολιτείαν, ἐφ' οἷς ἂν καὶ τελώνης σεμνυνθείη βάναυσος. ἐπὶ γὰρ τῷ πολλὰ καὶ λυσιτελῶς πωλεῖσθαι κατὰ τὴν πόλιν καὶ δαψιλῆ τὰ πρὸς βίον…
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