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χειρ-ιστής

cheiristes · ὁ

manager, administrator

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What it meant

χειρ-ιστής · cheir-istēs — LSJ

manager, administrator

manager, administrator, PHib. 1.74 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 737.15 (iii B.C.), Plb. 3.4.13, 98.8, al., Cat.Cod.Astr. 2.193; ἀλλοτρίων Vett.Val. 10.14, al.; οἱ διὰ τῶν οἰκονόμων χ., Ἑλληνικά 7.179 (Chalcis, iii B.C.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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