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Headword:
*dasmologi/a
Adler number: delta,80
Translated headword: dasmos-collection, tribute-collection
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] phoros-collection.
Also [sc. attested are] dasmos-collectors, [meaning] phoros-collectors.
Greek Original:*dasmologi/a: forologi/a. kai\ *dasmolo/goi, forolo/goi.
Notes:
Same material, variously, in other lexica.
Both
dasmo/s and
fo/ros are Greek words for "tribute", i.e. money (or equivalent) paid to a superior power. The different overtones of each word are hard to convey in English, but see generally Whitehead.
See also
delta 81,
delta 82,
delta 83.
Reference:
D. Whitehead, "O NEOS DASMOS: 'tribute' in classical Athens", Hermes 124 (1998): 173-188.
Keywords: definition; economics; history
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 October 2000@06:45:58.
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