shield-bearing
shield-bearing, of Ajax, S. Aj. 19; σακεσφόροι γὰρ πάντες Αἰτωλοί E. Ph. 139.
II beard-bearer
(σάκκος or σάκος III) beard-bearer, epith. of the demagogue Epicrates, Pl.Com. 122, cf. Plu. Pel. 30.
The corpus record
σᾰκεσ-φόρος
sakesphoros
shield-bearing
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Where it lives
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- σακεσφόροι · sakesphoroi Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 67)
- σακεσφόρῳ · sakesphorōi Sophocles, Ajax 18–19
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.