στεφᾰνήφορ-ος(parox.),ον,
A. wearing a crownorwreath, θίασοι
E. Ba. 531
(lyr.);χοροίprob. in B. 18.51 ; ἵπποι
Theoc.
16.47 ;ς. ἀγών,=στεφανίτης, a contestin which the prize was a crown, Hdt. 5.102 , And. 4.2 ; hence Ἀλφειέ, Διὸς ς. ὕδωρ
AP 9.362
; ς. ὧραι
Scol. 3
; νίκη
APl. 4.62
.
II. στεφανηφόρος,ὁ , title of certain magistrates in Greek stateswho had the right of wearing crownswhen in office, as the Archons at Athens, ς. ἀρχή
Aeschin. 1.19
; compared with the Romanflamenby D.H. 2.64 , cf. Ath. 5.215b , 12.533e ; freq. in Inscrr., Φοίβου ς. ἱρεύς