- ῥαβδοῦχος
- ῥαβδοῦχος, ου, ὁ (ῥάβδος, ἔχω; Aristoph., Thu. et al.; ins, pap) orig. ‘staff-bearer’, then of the Roman ‘lictor’ (Polyb. et al.; Diod S 5, 40, 1; Plut., Rom. 34 [26, 3], Mor. 280a διὰ τί λικτώρεις τοὺς ῥαβδούχους ὀνομάζουσι; Herodian 7, 8, 5.—Joseph. does not have the word, but ῥάβδοι in Bell. 2, 365f prob. refers to the fasces or bundles of sticks carried by the lictors), roughly equiv. to constable, police officer. The στρατηγοί (q.v.) of Philippi had two lictors in attendance on them (JMarquardt, Röm. Staatsverwaltung 12 1881 p. 175, 7; ASherwin-White, Roman Society and Roman Law in the NT ’63, 74f) Ac 16:35, 38 (Mason 82f [literary]; New Docs 2, 18f).—M-M. TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.