ἔφορος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, (cf. [[ἐπίουρος]]) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">overseer, guardian, ruler</b>, στρατιᾶς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 25</span> (anap.); χώρας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>145</span> (lyr.); σφαγίων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>30</span> (lyr.); τῶν παίδων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>265c</span>; <b class="b3">καρπῶν, οἰάκων</b>, <span class="bibl">Aristid.<span class="title">Or.</span>41</span> (<span class="bibl">4</span>).<span class="bibl">10</span>, <span class="bibl">42</span> (<span class="bibl">6</span>).<span class="bibl">4</span>; ὁ τῆς γενέσεως ἔ. θεός <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Ti.</span>1.53</span> D., al.: as fem., <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Fr.</span>160</span>: later in neut. pl., ἔφορα <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Myst.</span>4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> at Sparta, <b class="b3">ἔφοροι, οἱ</b>, <b class="b2">the ephors</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.65</span>, <span class="bibl">6.82</span>, <span class="bibl">9.76</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>692a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1265b39</span>, <span class="bibl">1272a5</span>; also, title of magistrates at Heraclea, <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span>1.1, al.; at Thera, <span class="title">Test.Epict.</span>4.1; in the Eleuthero-Laconian cities, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1110, al.; also of officials of corporations, ib.209.8 (sg.), 26.4 (pl.).</span>