μεγιστάν
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English (LSJ)
ᾶνος, ὁ,
A great man, grandee, LXX Si.4.7, 10.24: but usu. in pl., Men.1035, LXX Da.5.23, Ev.Marc.6.21, Man.4.41, Artem.1.2, Vett. Val.61.16, Alex.Aphr. in Top.466.12, etc.
English (Thayer)
μεγιστανος, ὁ (from μέγιστος, as νέαν from νέος, ξυνάν from ξυνός), a later Greek word (see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 196), once in singular οἱ μεγιστᾶνες, the grandees, magnates, nobles, chief men of a city or a people, the associates or courtiers of a king (Vulg. principes): τῆς γῆς, τοῦ Ἡρῴδου, Sept. for אַדִּירִים, גְּדולִים, רַבְרְבִין, Daniel , Theod. 4:33, etc.; שָׂרִים, Manetho 4,41; Josephus, Artemidorus Daldianus, In Latin megistanes, Tacitus, ann. 15,27; Suct. Calig. 5.)
