ephor
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views updated May 21 2018ephor Spartan magistrate. XVI. — L.
ephorus — Gr.
éphoros, f.
EPI- + *
For-, base of
horân see.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
ephor
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views updated May 23 2018ephor in ancient
Greece, any of the five senior Spartan magistrates; the word comes from Greek
ephoros ‘overseer’.
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES
