Dictionary

logothete en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɒɡəθiːt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek θέτης (thétēs) Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs)bor. Medieval Latin logothetalbor. English logothete Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin logotheta, borrowed from Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs), from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + θέτης (thétēs).

Meanings

1. (historical) Any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire.
   • Bardas rode to the imperial pavilion, where he seated himself next to his nephew and listened with every show of attention while one of the Logothetes read out the morning report. 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin, published 1998, page 149:

Forms

Translations (7)

hy լոգոթետ (any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire) · tr loğofet (any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire) · ro logofăt (any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire) · ota لغوفت (any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire) · el λογοθέτης (any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire) · grc λογοθέτης (any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire) · it logoteta (any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire)