The corpus record

μαστῑγο-φόρος

mastigophoros

scourge-bearing

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Where it lives

Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

μαστῑγο-φόρος · mastigo-phoros — LSJ

scourge-bearing

scourge-bearing, ὑπηρέται Arist. Ath. 35.1; epith. of Ajax, Arg. S. Aj.

II policeman

Subst., policeman, esp. at the Games, Th. 4.47, Luc. Herm. 40: generally, of attendants on officials, μ. οἰκονόμου PTeb. 121.58 (i B.C.), cf. 179 (ii B.C.); ἄνδρας μ. PCair.Zen. 80.4 (iii B. C.).

In the wild

μαστιγοφόρους · mastigophorous Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..35 (DIORISIS sentence 422)
μαστιγοφόροι · mastigophoroi Thucydides, History 4.47.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2845)
μαστιγοφόρους · mastigophorous Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2.2 (DIORISIS sentence 26)
μαστιγοφόροι · mastigophoroi Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.9 (DIORISIS sentence 4334)

Where it came from

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