Σήλεκτος
chosen [judge]; [iudex] selectus
Translated by Yannick Muller3 Feb 2014Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning an] elementary-judge.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σήλεκτος· χαμαιδικαστής.
Betacode
*sh/lektos: xamaidikasth/s.
Notes
- Same entry in the Synagoge (sigma59) and Photius' Lexicon (sigma169 Theodoridis), and very similarly already in Hesychius (sigma490).
The terminology, of headword and glossing synonym alike, comes from Roman law. Latin selectus, which the present headword directly transliterates, means that the judge was not elected but appointed, by the praetor; he had to be previously enlisted on a list of judges called the album iudicum selectorum. The iudex pedaneus -- a title which lies behind the lexicographers'xamaidikasth/s (xamodikasth/s in Hesychius); cf. LSJ s.v. -- appears, during the course of the Principate, to replace the iudex privatus of the Republic. He was in charge of small private matters.
References
E. Stuart Staveley, "Iudex selectus", Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, 96, 1957, pp. 201-213
Leanne Bablitz, Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom (Routledge Classical Monograph, Oxford & New York, 2007), pp. 89-100
Stefano Liva, Il 'Iudex pedaneus' nel processo privato romano. Dalle procedura formulare alla 'Cognitio extra ordinem' (Milano, EduCatt, 2012), e-book www.educatt.it/libri/ebooks/L-00000238.pdf
Leanne Bablitz, Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom (Routledge Classical Monograph, Oxford & New York, 2007), pp. 89-100
Stefano Liva, Il 'Iudex pedaneus' nel processo privato romano. Dalle procedura formulare alla 'Cognitio extra ordinem' (Milano, EduCatt, 2012), e-book www.educatt.it/libri/ebooks/L-00000238.pdf
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Revision history2 revisions · last 25 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Yannick Muller