μαστῑγο-φόρος, ον,
scourge-bearing, ὑπηρέται [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 35.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; epithet of Ajax, [[ 5th c.BC: Arg. Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II substantive, policeman, especially at the Games, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.47, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, of attendants on officials, μ. οἰκονόμου [[ “PTeb.” 121.58 (1st c.BC), compare 179 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἄνδρας μ. [[ “PCair.Zen.” 80.4 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]