one who has charge of
ἐπιμελ-ητής, οῦ,ὁ,
A. one who has charge ofa thing,manager, curator,τῶν τῆς πόλεως
πραγμάτων
Ar. Pl. 907
; ὄνων καὶ ἵππων
Pl. Grg. 516a
;τῶν εἰς τὴν δίαιταν
ἐπιτηδείων
X. Cyr. 8.1.9
; alsoὁ περὶ τῆς παιδείας ἐ. Pl. Lg. 951e : abs.,φύλαξ καὶ ἐ. X. Mem. 2.7.14 ; of a bailiff, Theoc. 10.54 ; of a governor, X. HG 3.2.11 ; τῆς Τριφυλίας
Plb. 4.80.15
, cf. Plu. Alex. 35 ; Δήλου
SIG 2
508 (Delos,ii B.C.), etc.; in Salamis, IG 22.1008.77 , etc.
2. .military commander, τῆς οὐραγίας
Plb. 3.79.4
.
II. . as an official title,curator,
1. . of sacred matters, Lys. 7.29 ; τῶν περὶ τὰ ἱερά
Arist. Pol. 1322b19
; μυστηρίων
D. 21.171
, IG 22.1672.246 , etc.; of the Dionysia, D. 21.15 ; [τῆς πομπῆς] Arist. Ath. 56.4 , IG 22.668 ; of the shrine of Amphiaraus at Oropus, ib. 7.4255.32 .
2. . financial officers at Athens, ib. 12.65.46 ; of the Eleven, ἐ. τῶν κακούργων
Antipho 5.17
.
3. . of thechiefsof theφυλαίor Tribes, D. 21.13 , IG 22.1139 , etc.; ἐ. τῆς συμμορίας
D. 47.22
.
4. . τῶν νεωρίων
Id. 22.63
, IG 22.1629.179 ;ἐ. ἐμπορίου clerkof the market, Din. 2.10 ;ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν λιμέναharbour-master,
IG 22.1012.19 ;inspectorof weights and measures, ib. 22.1013.47 ;curatorof the gymnasia, ib. 22.1077.12 ; of theπρυτανεῖον, ib. 3.90 ; κρηνῶν
Arist. Pol. 1321b26
, Ath. 43.1 ;ἐ. ὁδοῦ Ἀππίας,=Lat.curator viae Appiae, CIG 4029 (Ancyra,ii A.D.);πυλῶν τε καὶ
τειχῶν φυλακῆς
Arist. Pol. 1322a36
, cf. SIG 707.18
(ii B.C.); τῶν ξένων
IG 12(1).49.50
(Rhodes,ii B.C.).
5. . title of a magistrate at Epidaurus,Ἀρχ.ἐφ. 1918.117
(ii B.C.), cf. IG 4.490 (Cleonae), 4.840 , 841 (Calauria), 4.2 (Aegina).
6. .financial officerin Egypt, Arch.Pap. 2.83
(iii B.C.), PAmh. 2.33.7
(ii B.C.), etc.
7. .deputyof an Emperor holding honorary local office, SIG 872 (Eleusis,ii A.D.).
