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ἐπικέρνης

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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523
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Transliteration A: epikérnēs Transliteration B: epikernēs Transliteration C: epikernis Beta Code: e)pike/rnhs

English (LSJ)

ἐπικέρνου, ὁ, cupbearer, Ps.-Callisth.3.31 (v.l.). (Cf. pincerna.)

Greek Monolingual

ἐπικέρνης, ὁ (AM)
1. ο οινοχόος
2. (στο Βυζάντιο) τίτλος αξιωματούχου ο οποίος υπηρετεί τον αυτοκράτορα κατά το γεύμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λατ. pincerna «οινοχόος». Μαρτυρείται και τ. πιγκέρνης].