The Ancient Macedonian word σκοῖδος
Word σκοῖδος
s k o î ð o ς
IPA skoîðoς
Meaning commander, manager, treasurer

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Hesychius

ἀρχή τις παρὰ Μακεδόσι τεταγμένη ἐπὶ τῶν δικαστηρίων.
Ἡ λέξις κεῖται ἐν ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς Ἀλεξάνδρου

Attested also in EAM 074 (Agios Georgios, 3rd cent B.C.)

[ - - -  ] Τ̣ΟΣΠΑ̣
[ - - -  μηνός (;)] Γ̣ ο̣ρπιαίου
[ - - -  ]ς σκοίδου, ΕΝ
[ - - -  ]άρχου, Δαρείου,
5[(ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος), Λ]ιμναῖος Γου-
[ρα (;)  - - -  Φίλ]ιππος Γλ̣α̣υ̣-
[κίου (;)  - - -  ] 

For the relation to σχίζω, see Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 3 vols. Heidelberg, 1960-73.

Sturz (1808) considers it a loan from a semitic source (Aramaic?).


Other words that might be of interest
ταγός ‘leader, lord’, βασίλισσα ‘queen’