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σπονδοφόρος

σπονδοφόρος, one who brings proposals for a truce

σπονδο-φόρος, ὁ,
  • one who offers libations, Ph. 1.683:—hence, one who brings proposals for a truce or treaty of peace, Ar. Ach. 216.
    • II herald or officer who published the σπονδαί of the Olympic and other games, σπονδοφόροι Ζηνὸς Ἀλεῖοι Pi. I. 2.23; οἱ σ. οἱ τὰς μυστηριώτιδας σπονδὰς ἐπαγγέλλοντες Aeschin. 2.133, cf. SIG 1021.7 (Olympia, i B.C.), al.
      • 2 = Lat. fetialis, D.H. 1.21, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.279b.

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