εὐνοῦχος, ὁ,
(εὐνή, ἔχω) castrated person, eunuch, employed to take charge of the women and act as chamberlain (whence the name, ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν ἔχων), [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 117, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.60, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of animals, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 1.3, Scholia Par. 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.585. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 of dates, without stones, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 267:— 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for θρίδαξ, Lycusap. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.69e. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II as adjective, watching the bed, sleepless, λαμπάδες εὐνούχοισιν ὄμμασιν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 789. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]