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Headword:
*grammateu/s
Adler number: gamma,418
Translated headword: clerk, secretary
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a notary.[1]
"The secretary of the secrets": Romans call the office a)shkrh/tis[2]
They[3] were chosen by lot, three in number, [for] writing down public business. These secretaries had authority over nothing aside from writing and reading.
Greek Original:*grammateu/s: o( nota/rios. to\n tw=n a)porrh/twn grammate/a: a)shkrh=tis kalou=si to\ a)ci/wma *(rwmai=oi. klhrwtoi\ de\ h)=san to\n a)riqmo\n trei=s, gra/fontes ta\ dhmo/sia. ou)deno\s de\ h)=san oi( grammatei=s ou(=toi ku/rioi a)ll' h)\ tou= gra/fein kai\ a)nagnw=nai.
Notes:
[1] The Latin word
notarius is used here to gloss the Greek word. See under
alpha 4450, and
nu 505 for this headword and gloss in reverse.
[2] i.e.
a secretis. This material (including the etymology) comes from
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 2.7.15 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (87).
[3] The topic now becomes the secretaries of classical
Athens (as already in
gamma 417). See (?)
Aristotle,
Ath.Pol. 54.3-4; and cf.
Pollux 8.98 and Harpokration s.v.
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: constitution; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; law
Translated by: William Hutton on 30 June 2003@07:33:10.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; augmented notes and keywords) on 30 June 2003@07:43:22.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 11 June 2012@04:38:23.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 23 September 2012@02:07:00.
David Whitehead (another x-ref; cosmetics) on 29 September 2015@07:30:12.
Ronald Allen (added bibliography n.2, added link) on 11 January 2024@11:40:04.
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