βροτοκέρτης
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English (LSJ)
βροτοκέρτου, ὁ, (κείρω) man-shaver, pedantic word for barber, Alexarch. ap. Heraclid.Lemb.5.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ rasurador de mortales, e.e. barbero Heraclid.Lemb.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 465] Heracl. bei Ath. III, 98 e, der Bartscheerer, nach Casaub. Emend. für βροτοκέρης.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βροτοκέρτης: -ου, ὁ, ὁ κείρων τοὺς βροτοὺς· λέξις κομπαστικὴ ἀντὶ τοῦ κουρεύς, Ἀλέξαρχ. παρ’ Ἀθήν. 98Ε.
Translations
barber
Albanian: berber; Arabic: حَلَّاق; Egyptian Arabic: حلاق; Hijazi Arabic: حلاق; Moroccan Arabic: حلاق, حسان, حجام; South Levantine Arabic: حلاق; Armenian: վարսավիր, սափրիչ; Aromanian: barber; Assamese: নাপিত; Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܪܵܥܵܐ, ܓܲܪܵܥܬܵܐ; Azerbaijani: bərbər, dəllək; Belarusian: цырульнік, цырульніца; Bengali: নাপিত; Bulgarian: бръснар, бръснарка, фризьор, фризьорка; Burmese: ဆတ္တာသည်; Catalan: barber; Chechen: ларгант; Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏍᏙᏰᏍᎩ; Chinese Mandarin: 理髮師/理发师; Chukchi: инэнимэтыльын; Czech: holič, holička, lazebník, bradýř, bradýřka, kadeřník, kadeřnice; Dalmatian: burbur; Danish: barber; Dutch: kapper, haarkapper, coiffeur, barbier; Esperanto: barbiro; Finnish: parturi, hiustenleikkaaja; French: coiffeur, coiffeuse, barbier; Galician: barbeiro; Georgian: დალაქი, მკრეჭავი, პარიკმახერი; German: Barbier, Bartschneider, Bartscherer, Friseur; Greek: κουρέας; Ancient Greek: βροτοκέρτης, κορσᾶς, κορσωτήρ, κορσωτεύς, κουρεύς, κουρευτής, ξυρητής; Haitian Creole: kwafè; Hebrew: סַפָּר, ספרית; Hindi: नाई; Hungarian: borbély; Icelandic: rakari, bartskeri; Indonesian: barbir, tukang cukur; Irish: bearbóir; Italian: barbiere, parrucchiere; Japanese: 理髪師, 床屋; Kamba: kinyozi; Kamta: নাউৱা; Kazakh: шаштараз, шаштаразшы; Khmer: ជាងកាត់សក់, ហាងកាត់សក់; Kikuyu: kinyothi; Korean: 이발사(理髮師), 리발사(理髮師), 이용사(理容師), 리용사(理容師); Kyrgyz: чачтарач, парикмахер; Ladino: berber, kuafor, arrapador; Lao: ຊ່າງຕັດຜົມ; Latin: tonsor, tonstrix; Luhya: kinyozi; Luo: kinyozi; Macedonian: бербер, берберка; Malayalam: ക്ഷുരകൻ, അമ്പിട്ടൻ; Maltese: barbier, barbiera; Maori: kaikuti makawe; Mopan Maya: ajk'o'os; Norman: barbyi; Norwegian Bokmål: barberer; Ottoman Turkish: بربر, پروكار, صقال كسن; Persian: سرتراش, گرای sg, سترنده sg, پیرایشگر sg; Plautdietsch: Barba; Polabian: vǫ̇sĕpuc; Polish: balwierz, balwierka, barber, barberka, fryzjer, fryzjerka, golarz, golarka, golibroda; Portuguese: barbeiro; Romanian: bărbier, frizer, coafor; Russian: парикмахер, брадобрей, цирюльник, цирюльница; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: брица, бѐрбер, ба̀рбӣр, бербѐрӣн; Roman: brica, bèrber, bàrbīr, berbèrīn; Slovak: holič, holička, kaderník, kaderníčka; Slovene: brivec; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: frizer; Upper Sorbian: frizer, łazenk, barběr, truhar; Spanish: barbero, peluquero; Swahili: kinyozi; Swedish: frisör, barberare; Tagalog: barbero; Tajik: сартарош; Telugu: క్షురకుడు, మంగలి; Thai: กัลบก, ช่างตัดผม; Turkish: berber, perukâr, sakal kesen, kuaför; Turkmen: dellek; Ukrainian: перукар, перукарка, голяр, голярка; Uyghur: ساتىراش, ساتىراچ; Uzbek: sartarosh; Venetian: peruchièr; Vietnamese: thợ cắt tóc; Volapük: jeifan, hijeifan, jijeifan; Welsh: barbwr; West Frisian: skearbaas; Yiddish: שערער, שערערין