one who carries a rod, staff of office
one who carries a rod or staff of office:
1 judge, umpire at a contest
judge, umpire at a contest, Pl. Prt. 338a.
2 magistrateʼs attendant, staff-bearer, beadle, lictors who carried the fasces, female attendants
magistrateʼs attendant, staff-bearer, beadle, Ar. Pax 734, UPZ 3.6 (ii B.C., prob.), IG 9(2).735 (Larissa, iii B.C.), 1109.24 (Coropa, ii B.C.), Act.Ap. 16.35; so, prob., in Th. 5.50: esp. at Rome, of the lictors who carried the fasces, Plb. 5.26.10, etc.: also ῥαβδοῦχοι, αἱ, female attendants on Oenanthe, mother of Agathocles, Id. 15.29.13.