epistates

noun

epis·​ta·​tes

ə̇ˈpistəˌtēz

plural epistatae

-stəˌtē,

-ˌtī

: an administrative official in ancient Greece and the Hellenic world

Word History

Etymology

Greek epistatēs, from ephistanai

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