σκηπτοῦχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. σκαπτ-, ον, (σκῆπτον, ἔχω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bearing a staff, baton</b>, or <b class="b2">sceptre</b> as the badge of command, <b class="b3">σ. βασιλεύς</b> a <b class="b2">sceptred</b> king, <span class="bibl">Il.2.86</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.231</span>, etc.; ὅς τις σ. εἴη <span class="bibl">Il.14.93</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">θεῶν σ</b>., of Aphrodite, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">H.</span>55.11</span>; [<b class="b3">Ἄρης] ἠνορέης σ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Mart.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Subst., <b class="b2">wand-bearer</b>, a great officer in the Persian court, generally a eunuch, <b class="b3">ἢ τύραννος ἢ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Semon.7.69</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.3.15</span>, <span class="bibl">8.1.38</span>, <span class="bibl">8.3.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>1.6.11</span>; of Scythian princelings, <span class="title">IPE</span>12.32<span class="hiitalic">A</span>42 (Olbia, iii B.C.); later, of <b class="b2">beadles</b> at Ephesus, <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>4.481*.300, <span class="title">Ephes.</span> 4(1) No.4.</span>