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σπεκουλάτωρ

MainId: 004590000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4688

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004590001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: σπεκουλάτωρ

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ορος

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004590001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.196

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Inform, Announce

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 15:39:38

         DefinitionShort: a soldier who acts as a courier to carry confidential information

         Glosses: ['courier', 'messenger']

         Comments: In {S:04100602700012} σπεκουλάτωρ may also have the meaning of ‘executioner’ (see {D:20.70}).

      LEXReferences: MARK 6:27

   2. LEXID: 004590001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 20.70

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

      LEXSubDomains: Kill

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-12 15:39:38

         DefinitionShort: one who carries out official executions on the basis of orders from military or government officials

         Glosses: executioner

         Comments: It is also possible to interpret {L:σπεκουλάτωρ} (a borrowing from Latin) as meaning ‘courier,’ possibly a soldier who had special duties to carry messages of a confidential nature (see {D:33.196}).

      LEXReferences: MARK 6:27