different between dorian vs ephor

Romanian

Etymology

From French dorien

Noun

dorian m (plural dorieni)

1. Dorian

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• ephori
• Ephor

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (éphoros, “overseer”), from Homeric ???????? (epíouros), from ??? (epí, “over”) + ???? (horá?, “look”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??f?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??f?/

Noun

ephor (plural ephors)

1. (historical) One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.
   • 1982, N. G. L. Hammond, 42: The Peloponnese, John Boardman, N. G. L. Hammond (editors), The Cambridge Ancient History, p.330,

     Originally associated with the social system, the agoge (see CAH III.I², 742), the ephors rose to some constitutional importance when the senior ephor became the eponymous official of the year in 754, perhaps in connexion with the oaths made at the beginning of the year and renewed each month between the kings and the ephors: […].
2. (in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator.

Derived terms

• ephorate

Translations

Further reading

• ephor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -phore, hoper