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logothete

/ˈlɒɡəθiːt/

logothete noun: any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire.

Noun

logothete (plural logothetes)

  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 of logothete

plurallogothetes

Origin of logothete

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin logotheta, borrowed from Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs), from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + θέτης (thétēs).

Questions about logothete

What does logothete mean?
Logothete means any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire.
What part of speech is logothete?
Logothete is a noun.
How do you pronounce logothete?
Logothete is pronounced /ˈlɒɡəθiːt/.
What is the plural of logothete?
The plural of logothete is logothetes.

Words near logothete in the dictionary

  1. logosyllabic
  2. logotherapeutic
  3. logotherapist
  4. logotherapists
  5. logotherapy
  6. logothete
  7. logothetes
  8. logotype
  9. logotypes
  10. logotypic
  11. logotypy

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