אגדיקוס
Grammatical information: noun m
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
אגדיקוס במדינה ממונה על ביה שלה
10,12 [I 108:4]
the prosecutor in his province is appointed over its dominion
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. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/egdiqos.html. 2024.
