a dyer
a dyer, Pl. R. 429d, Diph. 72, Plu. Per. 12, etc.; the βαφεῖς formed a guild at Thyatira, IGRom. 4.1265; also in the νομὸς Ἀρσινοΐτης, PTeb. 287.3 (ii A.D.).
II gilder
gilder, Zos.Alch. p.154B.
The corpus record
βᾰφ-εύς
bapheus · ὁ
a dyer, gilder
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Where it lives
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
- Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k
- Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- βαφῇ · baphēi Aeschylus, Persians 314–317
- βαφῆς · baphēs Herodotus, Histories 3.22.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3015)
- βαφῆς · baphēs Plato, Republic 4.429 (DIORISIS sentence 2370)
- βαφῇ · baphēi Plato, Republic 4.429 (DIORISIS sentence 2371)
- βαφῇ · baphēi Septuaginta, Psalmi 67
- βαφῇ · baphēi Septuaginta, Siracides 31
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Where it came from
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