ἄππας
From LSJ
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
ὁ, religious official,
A τοῦ Διονύσου Inscr.Magn.117.8 (ii A. D.), cf. Ath.Mitt.17.200, Buresch Aus Lydien131.
II = τροφεύς, Hsch.
Spanish (DGE)
1 ministro, sacerdote ὁ ἄππας Διονύσου IM 117.8 (II d.C.), cf. Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ ἄ. TAM 5.432.30 (III d.C.), Ath.Mitt.17.1892.200 (Macedonia).
2 sent. dud. quizá tutor, IC 352.6, PMerton 28.9 (III d.C.), Hsch.
French (Bailly abrégé)
(ὁ) :
ἄππας Διονύσου « papa de Dionysos » titre du président des mystes de Dionysos de Magnésie.
Étymologie: cf. ἄππα, ἄπφα.
