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epistatai

epistatai is the plural of epistates.

Meaning of epistates

Noun

epistates (plural epistatai)

  1. (historical) A superintendent or overseer in Ancient Greece.
  2. (historical) A man positioned behind a protostates in an Ancient Greek phalanx. For example, in a file of eight men, the protostates were in positions 1, 3, 5 and 7 and the epistates in 2, 4, 6 and 8.

Questions about epistatai

What is epistatai the plural of?
Epistatai is the plural of epistates.

Words near epistatai in the dictionary

  1. epistaminal
  2. epistases
  3. epistasies
  4. epistasis
  5. epistasy
  6. epistatai
  7. epistates
  8. epistatic
  9. epistatically
  10. epistatics
  11. epistaxes

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