Logothete
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire. historical
"Bardas rode to the imperial pavilion, where he seated himself next to his nephew and listened with every show of attention while one of the Logothetes read out the morning report."
Example
More examples"Bardas rode to the imperial pavilion, where he seated himself next to his nephew and listened with every show of attention while one of the Logothetes read out the morning report."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Byzantine Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Byzantine Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Byzantine Greek -της (-tēs) Byzantine Greek θέτης (thétēs) Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs)bor. Medieval Latin logothetalbor. English logothete Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin logotheta, borrowed from Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs), from λόγος (lógos) + θέτης (thétēs).
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