κῠβερν-ήτης
(Aeolic dialect κυμερνήτης, which see), ου, ὁ, steersman, pilot, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.43, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.78, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 770, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.164, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 837, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 341c, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; skipper of Nileboat, ναύκληρος καὶ κ. [[ “PHib.” 1.39.6 (3rd c.BC),compare “PGiss.” 11 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, guide, governor, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 880, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as an official title, [[ “PMasp.” 89 iii 1 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]