ἐλέατρος
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English (LSJ)
ὁ,= ἐδέατρος,
A seneschal or steward, PCair.Zen.59.5, 71.1 (iii B.C.), dub. in Ath.4.171b: but,= μάγειρος, acc. to Et.Gud., where it is distd. from ἐδέατρος (q.v.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 793] ὁ, der die Mahlzeit anordnet, nach Ath. IV, 171 b ἐπιστάτης τῆς ὅλης διακονίας; der Vorkoster, ibd., vgl. ἐλεός.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλέατρος: ὁ, (ἐλεὸς) δειπνοκλήτωρ, ὁ ἐπιστατῶν εἰς τὴν βασιλικὴν τράπεζαν καὶ προεσθίων τοῦ Βασιλέως πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν, προγεύστης, Ἀθήν. 171Β, C.
