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epaphroditus

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What does epaphroditus mean?

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.

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After this, Caesar sent Epaphroditus, one of his freedmen, with orders to treat her with all the gentleness and civility possible, but to take the strictest precautions to keep her alive.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
In his letter to the Philippians Paul makes mention of the restoration of Epaphroditus as a special act of mercy on the part of God, “lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.”
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
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But the wise man will learn, like Epictetus the heroic slave, the slave of Epaphroditus, Nero’s minion—and in what baser and uglier circumstances could human being find himself?—to find out the secret of being truly free; namely, to be discontented with no man and no thing save himself.
Charles KingsleySanitary and Social Lectures and EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1637