tax-collector

From LSJ

ἔνδον σκάπτε, ἔνδονπηγή τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καί ἀεί ἀναβλύειν δυναμένη, ἐάν ἀεί σκάπτῃς → Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Source

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substantive

Ar. and P. τελώνης, ὁ.

be tax-collector, v.: P. τελωνεῖν (Dem. 719).