magistracy
From LSJ
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
hold a magistracy: Ar. and P. ἀρχὴν ἄρχειν, or ἄρχειν alone.