μήστωρ
mestor
adviser, counsellor
Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μήστωρ, ωρος (once ορος, v. infr. II), ὁ, (μήδομαι) A. adviser, counsellor, ὕπατος μήστωρ, of Zeus, Il. 8.22, 17.339; θεόφιν μήστωρ ἀτάλαντος, of Priam, 7.366; Patroclus, 17.477, Od. 3.110; Neleus, 3.409; Ἀθηναῖοι μήστωρες ἀϋτῆς authors of the battle-din, Il. 4.328; μήστωρα φόβοιο, of Diomedes, 6.278; of Patroclus, 23.16; μήστωρε φ., of the horses of Aeneas, 5.272, 8.108. 2. in Ion. Prose, skilled assistant to a surgeon, Mochl. 38. II. as Adj., μήστορι σιδάρῳ Pers. 143.
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