2. Subst., wand-bearer, a great officer in the Persian court, generally a eunuch, ἢτύραννοςἢς. Semon.7.69, cf. X.Cyr.7.3.15, 8.1.38, 8.3.15, An.1.6.11; of Scythian princelings, IPE12.32A42 (Olbia, iii B.C.); later, of beadles at Ephesus, BMus.Inscr.4.481*.300, Ephes. 4(1) No.4.