eph·or ( f ôr , - r)n. pl. eph·ors or eph·o·ri (- -r ) One of a body of five elected magistrates exercising a supervisory power over the kings of Sparta. [Latin ephorus, from Greek ephoros, from ephor  n, to oversee : ep-, epi-, epi- + horn, to see; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots.]eph or·ate (--rt, --r t) n. |
ephor [ˈɛfɔː]
n pl -ors, -ori [-əˌraɪ]
(Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) one of a board of senior magistrates in any of several Dorian states, esp the five Spartan ephors, who were elected by vote of all full citizens and who wielded effective power
[from Greek ephoros, from ephoran to supervise, from epi- + horan to look]
ephoral adj
ephorate n
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