διάκτορος
diaktoros
minister
Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διάκτορος, ὁ, Α. epith. of Hermes in , δ. Ἀργεϊφόντης Il. 2.103, Od. 5.43, etc.; δ. alone, ib.12.390, 15.319; Ζηνὸς δ. AP 13.2 (): variously expld. by ancient writers, cf. 2, ND 16, EM 268.10, 182.8, etc.: apptly. taken as minister, = διάκονος, by Pr. 941; as messenger (διάγων ἀλλελίας), by later poets, ὄρνι Διὸς δ., of the eagle, AP 7.161 (); applied to Iris by D. 31.107; to Athena, ib.30.250 (so perh. of Athenaʼs owl, Fr. 164; πολέμων δ., of a poet, Alex. 33); cf. συνδιάκτορος: used as neut. Adj., διάκτορα δηϊοτῆτος ἔγχεα D. 39.82: cf. διάκτωρ.
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