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κυβερνήτης

kybernetes

steersman, pilot

Appears 41 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κυβερνήτης (Aeol. κυμερνήτης, q.v.), ου, ὁ, A. steersman, pilot, Il. 19.43, Od. 9.78, A. Supp. 770, Hdt. 2.164, Ar. Th. 837, Th. 7.70, Pl. R. 341c, etc.; skipper of Nileboat, ναύκληρος καὶ κ. PHib. 1.39.6 (iii B.C.), cf. PGiss. 11 (ii A.D.), etc. 2. metaph., guide, governor, E. Supp. 880, Pl. Phdr. 247c; as an official title, PMasp. 89 iii 1 (vi A.D.).
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