Θυρωρός

doorkeeper

Translated by William Hutton15 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

12 words

[Meaning] a guard of the door. It is also spoken as feminine.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θυρωρός· ὁ φύλαξ τῆς θύρας. λέγεται δὲ καὶ θηλυκῶς.

Betacode

*qurwro/s: o( fu/lac th=s qu/ras. le/getai de\ kai\ qhlukw=s.

The headword is the title of lost comedies by Philemon and Menander; also in the New Testament (John 10.3) and frequently elsewhere.
cf. also iota 500, tau 1023.

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