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ἑρμηνεύς

hermeneus

interpreter

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑρμηνεύς, έως, ὁ, A. interpreter, esp. of foreign tongues, dragoman, Hdt. 2.125,154, al., X. An. 1.2.17, PCair.Zen. 65 (iii B. C.), PTheb.Bank 9.1 (ii B.C.), etc. b. court interpreter, POxy. 237 vii 37 (ii A. D.), etc. 2. matrimonial agent, go-between, Ptol. Tetr. 181. 3. broker, commissionaire, POxy. 1517.6 (iii A. D.), etc. II. interpreter, expounder, Pi. O. 2.85, A. Ag. 616, 1062, etc.; ἑρμηνῆς τῶν θεῶν, of poets, Pl. Ion 534e; λόγος τῶν νόμων ἑ. Id. Lg. 907d; σιωπὴ δʼ ἄπορος ἑ. λόγων E. Fr. 126. 2. applied to planets, D.S. 2.30.
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