Dictionary - Definition of HELLANODIC


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A judge or umpire in games or combats.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Hellanodic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hellanodic \Hel`la*nod"ic\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; Greek right, judgment.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: HELLANODIC

Domain	Definition
Literature	Hellanodicae Umpires of the public games in Greece. They might chastise with a stick anyone who created a disturbance. Lichas, a Spartan nobleman, was so punished by them. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A judge or umpire in games or combats.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "HELLANODIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hellanodic \Hel`la*nod"ic\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; Greek right, judgment.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Literature	Hellanodicae Umpires of the public games in Greece. They might chastise with a stick anyone who created a disturbance. Lichas, a Spartan nobleman, was so punished by them. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top