ἐπόπτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, ([[ἐπόψομαι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[overseer]], [[watcher]], especially of a god, Πυθῶνος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epich.266</span>; ὁ πάντων ἐ. θεός <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Es.</span>5.1</span>; title of [[Poseidon]], <span class="bibl">Paus.8.30.1</span>; of the Sun, <span class="title">OGI</span>666.25 (Egypt, i A. D.); δαίμονες ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr. 105a</span>; ὥσπερ ἐπόπτας τῶν στρατηγουμένων <span class="bibl">D.4.25</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπόπτης γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης</b>, of [[Pompey]], <span class="title">JHS</span>27.64 (Cyzicus); of [[Augustus]], <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.309 (Pergam.); <b class="b3">ἐπόπτης εἰρήνης</b>, of a [[police]] [[magistrate]], POxy.991 (iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> simply, [[spectator]], πόνων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>301</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[inspector]], Cod.Just.10.16.13 <span class="title">Intr.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[one admitted to the highest grade of the mysteries]], IG12.6.51, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>22</span>, etc., cf. [[ἐφόπται]] <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).205.3 (Samothrace): c. gen., μυστηρίων ἐπόπτης <span class="title">Michel</span>1141 (ibid.); τινος <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>121.572: metaph., ἐπόπτης τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>1.16</span>.</span>