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אגדיקוס

GenR
אגדיקוס 〈ʾgdyqws〉 |egdiqos|

Grammatical information: noun m

Further Variants:

אגריקוס - GenR Vat2 | אגריקוס - GenR Ox1 | אגריקוס - GenR Ox2 | אנדיקוס - GenR V

Translation: governor, prefect, public prosecutor

Translation equivalent: ἔκδικος(Post-Classical Greek)

Usage:

Domain: administration/law

Socio-cultural norm: cultural borrowing

Normativity: standard

Meaning type: lit.

Geographic distribution: Coptic

10,12 [I 108:4]

אגדיקוס במדינה ממונה על ביה שלה

the prosecutor in his province is appointed over its dominion

ביה

Etymology (borrowing): source language Post-Classical Greek Cf. LSJ ἔκδικος, II., 3

Generally: public representative of Roman citizen in foreign land (Sokoloff SL, 6). According to Sperber אגדיקוס שבמדינה in GenR is a translation of lat. defensor civitatis. Sperber suggests that אגריקוס (in GenR Ox 1 and 2) might be influenced by Gr. ἄγροικος, countrydweller.

Bibliography:

Sperber, 96.

How to cite: Art. אגדיקוס in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. Susanne Plietzsch, Christina Katsikadeli, Vladislav Slepoy, Thomas Klampfl. https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/egdiqos.html. 2024.