ἐπικέρνης
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
ἐπικέρνου, ὁ, cupbearer, Ps.-Callisth.3.31 (v.l.). (Cf. pincerna.)
Greek Monolingual
ἐπικέρνης, ὁ (AM)
1. ο οινοχόος
2. (στο Βυζάντιο) τίτλος αξιωματούχου ο οποίος υπηρετεί τον αυτοκράτορα κατά το γεύμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λατ. pincerna «οινοχόος». Μαρτυρείται και τ. πιγκέρνης].
Translations
cupbearer
Arabic: سَاقٍ, سَاقِيَة, سَاقِي; Belarusian: обер-шэнк; Bengali: সাকী; Bulgarian: виночерпец; Catalan: coper, copera; Czech: šenk, číšník, číšnice; Danish: mundskænk; Dutch: schenker; English: cupbearer, cup-bearer, cup bearer, cupper; Esperanto: pokalisto; Faroese: skeinkjari; Finnish: juomanlaskija; French: échanson; Georgian: მწდე, მერიქიფე; German: Mundschenk, Schenk, Mundschenkin, Schenkin; Greek: οινοχόος; Ancient Greek: ἐπεγχύτης, ἐπικέρνης, οἰνοδόχος, οἰνοχόη, οἰνοχόος, πιγκέρνης, φιαληφόρος, χαλιδοφόρος; Hungarian: pohárnok; Icelandic: byrlari, skutilsveinn; Italian: coppiere, coppiera; Latin: pincerna, pocillator; Lithuanian: pataurininkis; Norwegian Bokmål: munnskjenk; Persian: ساقی; Polish: podczaszy, cześnik; Portuguese: copeiro, copeira; Romanian: paharnic, ceașnic, păhărniceasă; Russian: виночерпий, обер-шенк; Scottish Gaelic: gille-cupa; Serbo-Spanish: copero, copera; Swedish: munskänk, ganymed, skänksven; Turkish: saki; Ukrainian: обер-шенк, виночерпій, виночерпець, чашник, підчаший; Urdu: ساقی