διάκτορος

diaktoros

minister

Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διάκτορος, , Α. epith. of Hermes in Hom., δ. Ἀργεϊφόντης Il. 2.103, Od. 5.43, etc.; δ. alone, ib.12.390, 15.319; Ζηνὸς δ. AP 13.2 (Phaedim.): variously expld. by ancient writers, cf. Nessas 2, Corn. ND 16, EM 268.10, Eust. 182.8, etc.: apptly. taken as minister, = διάκονος, by A. Pr. 941; as messenger (διάγων ἀλλελίας), by later poets, ὄρνι Διὸς δ., of the eagle, AP 7.161 (Antip.Sid.); applied to Iris by Nonn. D. 31.107; to Athena, ib.30.250 (so perh. of Athenaʼs owl, Call. Fr. 164; πολέμων δ., of a poet, Luc. Alex. 33); cf. συνδιάκτορος: used as neut. Adj., διάκτορα δηϊοτῆτος ἔγχεα Nonn. D. 39.82: cf. διάκτωρ.
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