ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], ακος, ὁ,
A chief gaoler, chief jailer, chief jailor, chief corrections officer, chief warden, chief warder, LXX Ge.39.21, Ph.1.290 (pl.):—also ἀρχιδεσμώτης, ου, ὁ, LXX Ge.40.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 366] ακος, ὁ, Oberaufseher des Gefängnisses, LXX.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ: καὶ ἀρχιδεσμώτης, ὁ, ὁ πρῶτος τῶν δεσμοφυλάκων, Ἑβδ. (Γεν. λθ΄. 21, κἑξ., μ΄, 4.).
