βαφεύς
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
έως, ὁ, (βάπτω)
A a dyer, Pl.R.429d, Diph.72, Plu. Per.12, etc.; the βαφεῖς formed a guild at Thyatira, IGRom.4.1265; also in the νομὸς Ἀρσινοΐτης, PTeb.287.3 (ii A.D.). II gilder, Zos.Alch.p.154B.
German (Pape)
[Seite 440] ὁ, der Färber, Diphil. bei Harpocr.; Plat. Rep. IV, 429 d; von Möris als unattisch neben δευσοποιός verworfen, Plut. Num. 17 u. öfter; Nicarch. 9 (XI, 389).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βᾰφεύς: έως, ὁ, (βάπτω) ὁ βάπτων ἐνδύματα κττ., Πλάτ. Πολ. 429D, Δίφιλ. Συντρ. 1, κτλ.· οἱ βαφεῖς φαίνεται ὅτι εἶχον σύνδεσμον ἐν Θυατείροις, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 3496-8, πρβλ. Πράξ. Ἀπ. ιϚ΄, 14, καὶ ἴδε Βοίκχ. ἐν Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 3480.
