A.one that chastens or chastises, Th.6.87, Pl.R.471a, D.19.285, etc.; ὁ δῆμος . . ἐκείνων ς. Th.8.48; “τῆς γνώμης” Id.3.65; “ὁ ς. λόγος” Lyc.Fr.3; “νόμους ς. ἐπί τισι τιθέναι” D.H.2.24.
II. at Athens, superintendents of the youth in the gymnasia, 10 in number, IG22.1156, al., Arist.Ath. 42.2, Pl.Ax.367a.