ἐπιστάτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, ([[ἐφίσταμαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who stands near]] or [[one who stands by]]: hence, like [[ἱκέτης]], [[suppliant]], οὐ σύ γ' ἂν . . σῷ ἐπιστάτῃ οὐδ' ἅλα δοίης ''Od.17.455''.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. in [[battle]]-[[order]], [[one's rear-rank man]], ''X.Cyr.'' 3.3.50, ''8.1.10'', al.<br><span class="bld">b</span>. also, [[even numbers]] in a [[λόχος]], Ascl.Tact.2.3, ''Arr.Tact.''6.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[one who stands]] or [[one who is mounted upon]], [[ἁρμάτων ἐπιστάτης]], of a [[charioteer]], ''S.El.''702, ''E.Ph.''1147; ἐλεφάντων ἐπιστάτης, of the [[driver]], ''Plb.1.40.11''.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[one who is set over]], [[chief]], [[commander]], ''A.Th.''816 (''815''); ὅπλων ''Id.Pers.''379; ποιμνίων ἐπιστάτης ''S.Aj.''27; ἐρετμῶν ἐπιστάτης ''E.Hel.'' 1267; θύματος ἐπιστάτης ''Id.Hec.''223; but ταύρων πυρπνόων ζεύγλῃσι [[master]]ing them with... ''Id.Med.''478; ἐνόπτρων καὶ μύρων, of the Trojans, ''Id.Or.''1112; ἐπιστάτης Κολωνοῦ, of a [[tutelary]] [[god]], ''S.OC''889; [καιρὸς] ἀνδράσιν μέγιστος ἔργου παντός ἐστ' ἐπιστάτης ''Id.El.''76; also in Prose, ἐπιστάτης γενέσθαι τῶν λόγων ἴσους καὶ κοινούς [[judge]]s, ''And.4.7''; ποίας ἐργασίας ἐπιστάτης; Answ. ἐπιστάτης τοῦ ποιῆσαι δεινὸν λέγειν (where it = [[ἐπιστήμων]]) ''Pl.Prt.''312d; πραγμάτων ''Isoc.4.121''; ἐπιστάται ἄθλων [[steward]]s of [[game]]s, ''Pl.Lg.''949a, cf. ''X.Lac.''8.4; of a pilot, ''Id.Oec.''21.3; [[supervisor]] of [[training]], ''Pl. R.''412a, ''X.Mem.''3.5.18 (pl.); ἐπιστάτης τῶν παίδων IG12(1).43 (Rhodes); τῶν ἐφήβων Inscr.Prien.112.73 (i B.C.): voc. [[ἐπιστάτα]] = [[master]], [[rabbi]], Ev. Luc.5.5, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. [[president]] of a [[board]] or [[assembly]]: at Athens, ἐπιστάτης τῶν πρυτάνεων [[chairman]] of [[βουλή]] and [[ἐκκλησία]] in cent. v, ''Arist. Ath.''44.1, later, [[keeper]] of Treasury or Archives, IG3.841, etc.; [[ἐπιστάτης]] τῶν προέδρων [[chairman]] of [[βουλή]] and [[ἐκκλησία]] from cent.iv, ''Aeschin. 3.39'', ''D.22.9'', etc.; ἐπιστάτης ὁ ἐκ τῶν προέδρων IG22.204.31 (iv B.C.); in other Greek states, ib.12(1).731 (Rhodes), 12(7).515.116, 125 (Amorgos), etc.; ἐπιστάτης τῶν νομοθετῶν ib.22.222; ἐπιστάτης τῶν δικαστῶν LW1539 (Erythrae).<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[overseer]], [[superintendent]], in [[charge]] of any [[public]] [[building]] or [[work]]s, τοῦ νεὼ τοῦ ἐν πόλει, i.e. of the [[temple]] of [[Athena Polias]], IG12.372; ἱεροῦ ''UPZ''42.22 (ii B.C.); ἐπιστάτης τῶν ἔργων [[clerk]] of the [[work]]s, ''D.18.114'', ''[[LXX]] Ex.''1.11 (pl.); τῶν δημοσίων ἔργων ''Aeschin.3.14''; ἐπιστάτης τοῦ ναυτικοῦ ib.222; ἐπιστάτης τῆς Ἀκαδημείας Hyp.Dem.Fr.7; τοῦ Μουσείου OGI104.4 (ii B.C.); τῶν κοπρώνων ''D.25.49''.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[governor]], [[administrator]], τῆς πόλεως OGI254.3 (Babylon, ii B.C.), cf. IG12(3).320.7 (Thera, iii B.C.), OGI479.7 (Dorylaeum, ii A.D.); [[κώμη]]ς [[local]] [[magistrate]], Arch.Pap.4.38.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. = [[προστάτης]], Lat. [[patronus]], IG14.1317.<br><span class="bld">IV</span>. in ''Ar.Av.''437, = [[χυτρόπους]], Ar.Byz. ap. ''Eust.1827.45''; other explanations, ibid., cf.Sch.Ar.l.c.: [[τοὐπιστάτου]] is fr. [[ἐπίστατος]], = [[πυρίστατος]], Anon. ap. ''Eust.1827.56'': dub. sens. in BpW1892.514; cf. [[ἐπίστατον]].