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|Full diacritics=ἐξάγγελος
|Medium diacritics=ἐξάγγελος
|Low diacritics=εξάγγελος
|Capitals=ΕΞΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ
|Transliteration A=exángelos
|Transliteration B=exangelos
|Transliteration C=eksaggelos
|Beta Code=e)ca/ggelos
|Definition=ὁ, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">messenger who brings out news</b> from within: hence, <b class="b2">one who betrays a secret, informer</b>, ἐ. γίγνεται ὡς . . <span class="bibl">Th.8.51</span>; ἐ. γίγνεσθαί τινος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>964e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> on the Greek stage, <b class="b2">messenger</b> who told what was doing <b class="b2">in the house</b> or <b class="b2">behind the scenes</b> (opp. <b class="b3">ἄγγελος</b>, who told news from a distance); first used by Aeschylus, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>1.9</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0861.png Seite 861]] ὁ, ein Bote, der außen verkündigt, was im Hause geschehen ist, bes. auf dem Theater, der das erzählt, was den Blicken der Zuschauer entzogen wird, wie z. B. einen Mord, Soph. Ant. O. R.; vgl. Schol. Eur. Hipp. 778. – Uebh. Bote, der Etwas meldet, Thuc. 8, 51; γίγνεσθαί τινί τινος, Jem. Etwas melden, Plat. Legg. XII, 964 e; Sp.
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