The corpus record

ζᾰκορ-ος

zakoros · ὁ

attendant in a temple

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What it meant — LSJ

attendant in a temple

attendant in a temple (more honourable than νεωκόρος acc. to Philem.Lex. (cf. Philol. 57.353 sqq.) in Reitzenstein Gesch.d.Gr.Etym. p.394), ζ. Ἀφροδίτης Hyp. Fr. 178; θεῶν Plu. Cam. 30; Δηοῦς IG 3.713.1: abs., Anon. Oxy. 218ii14; τὰς ἱερείας καὶ τὰς ζ. IG 1(2).4.14 (v B.C.), cf. ib. 7.1883 (Thespiae), Men. 126, 311, IG 12(2).484.21 (Mytil., late), Plu. Sull. 7, etc.

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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