A.one who bears tattoo-marks, Hp.Epid.4.2; esp. branded culprit or runaway slave, Asius1, Eup.159.14, 276.2, Ar.Lys.331 (lyr.), Hermipp.63.19, X.HG5.3.24, D.C.47.10; “ς. οἰκέτης” Ath.13.612c.
2. in Com., one whose property is marked as mortgaged, Cratin.333.
II. jocular nickname of Nicanor, the student of punctuation, Eust.20.12, interpol. in Suid. s.v. Νικάνωρ.