logothete

English

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).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlɒɡəθiːt/

    Noun

    logothete (plural logothetes)

    1. (historical) Any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire.
      • 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin, published 1998, page 149:
        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.

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