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Headword: *)ede/atros
Adler number: epsilon,199
Translated headword: taster; seneschal, steward
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The name [is] Greek, but the substance Persian. He was initially a foretaster who ate before the king to ensure his safety. But subsequently the custom was to call 'taster' the manager of the entire staff and administration.
Greek Original:
*)ede/atros: to\ me\n o)/noma *(ellhniko/n, h( de\ xrei/a *persikh/. h)=n de\ progeu/sths to\ prw=ton kai\ proh/sqie tou= basile/ws ei)s a)sfa/leian. u(/steron de\ e)nomi/sqh e)de/atron kalei=n to\n e)pista/thn th=s o(/lhs diakoni/as kai\ paraskeuh=s.
Notes:
Fuller entry on the same lines in Photius (Lexicon epsilon110); briefer one in Hesychius epsilon413.
cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.171B (4.71 Kaibel); also (e.g.) Phylarchus FGrH 81 F44.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; geography; historiography; history
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 May 2003@09:33:25.
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Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 27 May 2003@01:20:55.
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