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λεσῶνις

lesonis · ὁ

chief administrator of a temple

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What it meant

λεσῶνις · lesōnis — LSJ

chief administrator of a temple, his office

chief administrator of a temple in Egypt, ll.cc.:—hence λεσωνεία, ἡ, his office, PAmh. 2.35.30 (ii B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 92 i 13 (ii/iii A.D.):—written λεσονία, BGU 719.10 (i/ii A.D.). (Egypt. mr šn = ἀρχιερεῖς.)

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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