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γραμμᾰτ-εύς

grammateus · ὁ

secretary, registrar

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

γραμμᾰτ-εύς · grammat-eus — LSJ

secretary, registrar, clerk

secretary, registrar, title of officials at Athens and elsewhere, IG 1(2).15, etc.; ὁ γ. ὁ τῆς πόλεως Th. 7.10; γ. τοῦ δήμου OGI 493.10 (Ephesus, ii A. D.), Act.Ap. 19.35; γ. ἀνδραπόδων PHib. 29.7; γ. τῶν μαχίμων UPZ 110.145 (ii B. C.); γ. τοῦ θεοῦ IG 9(2).1109.21 (Magn. Thess.); also of subordinate officials, clerk, sts. a term of contempt, ὄλεθρος γ. D. 18.127; θεοῖς ἐχθρὸς καὶ γ. Id. 19.95; ἡ γ., in joke, Ar. Th. 432.

2 recorder

metaph., recorder, of memory, Pl. Phlb. 39a.

3 scholar

scholar, γ. σαφής A. Fr. 358 (s. v. l.).

4 one who traces, marks out

one who traces or marks out, of Egyptian embalmers, D.S. 1.91.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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