τελών-ης, ου, ὁ,
(τέλος 1.8, ὠνέομαι) farmer or collector of tolls, customs, or taxes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 248 (troch.), 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.119, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.64, “PCair.Zen.” 31.20 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 113.8 (2nd c.BC), Aristocles Epigrammaticus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 15.2, etc.: frequently with a sense of reproach, πάντες τελῶναι, πάντες εἰσὶν ἅρπαγες] Refs 5th c.BC+], of the Oropians, [[ Xeno 1; ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἂν καὶ τελώνης σεμνυνθείη βάναυσος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.9, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.587, 9.804] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; = Latin publicanus, [[NT.Matt.5.46, +others] NT]; πορνοβοσκοὶ καὶ τ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Aspasius Philosophus “in Ethica Nicomachea commentaria - pars” 102.21. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]