σκηπτοῦχος

skeptouchos

bearing a staff, baton

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 2 1
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2231
Book 4 1
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464
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

59
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

841
847
Iliad 3
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Book 1 1
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1279
Book 2 1
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286
Book 14 1
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1493

Dictionary (LSJ)

σκηπτοῦχος, Dor. σκαπτ-, ον, (σκῆπτον, ἔχω) A. bearing a staff, baton, or sceptre as the badge of command, σ. βασιλεύς a sceptred king, Il. 2.86, Od. 2.231, etc.; ὅς τις σ. εἴη Il. 14.93: c. gen., θεῶν σ., of Aphrodite, Orph. H. 55.11; [Ἄρης] ἠνορέης σ. h.Mart. 6. 2. Subst., wand-bearer, a great officer in the Persian court, generally a eunuch, ἢ τύραννος ἢ σ. Semon. 7.69, cf. X. Cyr. 7.3.15, 8.1.38, 8.3.15, An. 1.6.11; of Scythian princelings, IPE 12.32A42 (Olbia, iii B.C.); later, of beadles at Ephesus, BMus.Inscr. 4.481*.300, Ephes. 4(1) No.4.

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