agonothetes means an officer who presided over the great public games in Ancient Greece. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
agonothetes is pronounced /əˌɡəʊnəˈθiːtiz/.
Why “agonothetes” is a great word
AGONOTHETES — [Noun] A magistrate who presided over, organized, and often personally financed the great public games and contests in Ancient Greece. From Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, "contest, gathering") + -θέτης (-thétēs, "one who sets or places"). Unlike a choregos, who funded a single dramatic chorus, or an agoranomos, who regulated the marketplace, the agonothetes orchestrated the entire festival: he calibrated the sprinter’s starting block, balanced the poet’s prize, and measured the incense smoke rising before the gods. He was the silent architect of the city’s brief, glorious unity, a setter of the stage where civic life achieved its most radiant, and fleeting, order.
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- An officer who presided over the great public games in Ancient Greece.