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|Definition=ου, ὁ, (προΐστημι) <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">one who stands before, front-rank man</b>, f.l. for [[πρωτοστάτης]] in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 3.3.41</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>2.2</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span>:—but elsewh., </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">leader, chief</b>, esp. of a democracy, προστάτεω ἐπιλαβέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.127</span>, <span class="bibl">5.23</span>; οἱ π. τοῦ δήμου <span class="bibl">Th.3.75</span>, <span class="bibl">4.46</span>,<span class="bibl">66</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ τῶν δήμων π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.3.82</span>; ὁ π. Κλέων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>569</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>1128</span> (lyr.); μεταβολὴ ἐκ προστάτου ἐπὶ τύραννον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>565d</span>; [<b class="b3">Σόλων] πρῶτος τοῦ δήμου π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.2</span>,al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">ruler</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀστοί</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>963</span>; Καδμείων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1031</span>; Κνωσίων <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.9.3</span>; Μολοσσῶν <span class="title">GDI</span>1334 (Epirus, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">χώρας, χθονός</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span> 964</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>373</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">τῆς Ἑλλάδος προστάται</b>, of the Spartans, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 3.1.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.103</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.23</span>; <b class="b3">π. τοῦ ἐμπορίου</b>, of Greeks in Egypt, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.178</span>; τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.2.23</span>; <b class="b3">προστάται τῆς εἰρήνης</b> its <b class="b2">chief authors</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.36</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιμελείας π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.22.78</span>; <b class="b2">administrator</b>, τῆς κεχωρισμένης προσόδου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>81.19</span> (ii B.C.); [<b class="b3">τοῦ ἱεροῦ</b>] <span class="title">OGI</span>531.3 (Bithynia, iii A.D.); <b class="b3">θεᾶς</b> ib.209.4 (Philae, iii A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.</span>412</span>, al. (i A.D.): metaph., ἔρως π. τῶν ἀργῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 572e</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">president</b> or <b class="b2">presiding officer</b>, π. τοῦ γυμνασίου <span class="title">CIG</span>2881.16 (Branchidae), cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>130.16 (Egypt, ii B.C.), <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.598.37 (Teos, i B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>22.1368.13; <b class="b3">π. συνεδρίου</b> ib.9(2).205.33 (Aetolian League); <b class="b3">προβούλων</b> ib.9(1).694.116 (Corc.); [<b class="b3">γερουσίας</b>] ib.7.2808 (Hyettus, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">δαμιοργῶν</b> ib.5(1).1425.16 (Messene); [<b class="b3">βουλᾶς</b>] ib.14.256.5 (Phintias); τῆς μέσης Ἀκαδημίας <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.232</span>: freq. in pl., = [[πρυτάνεις]], <span class="title">SIG</span>194.15 (Amphipolis, iv B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">γνώμα προστατᾶν</b> ib.187.1 (Cnidus, iv B.C.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).264.13 (Thasos, iv B.C.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">one who stands before and protects, guardian, champion</b>, πυλωμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>408</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">798</span>; πόλεως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>519b</span>; [<b class="b3">τῆς ποιητικῆς</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>607d</span>; τῆς πάντων ἐλευθερίας <span class="bibl">D.15.30</span>, etc.; epith. of gods, as Apollo, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>209</span> (lyr.), <span class="title">IPE</span>12.89 (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> at Athens, etc., <b class="b2">patron</b> who took charge of the interests of <b class="b3">μέτοικοι</b>, etc.: hence <b class="b3">ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰκεῖν</b> live under protection of <b class="b2">a patron</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.31.9</span>, 14, <span class="bibl">Lycurg.145</span>; <b class="b3">προστάτην ἐπιγράφειν τινά</b> choose as one's <b class="b2">patron</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Peregr.</span>11</span>; αὑτῷ πονηρὸν προστάτην ἐπεγράψατο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>684</span>; ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span>920</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>882</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">νέμειν π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a13</span>; also <b class="b3">γράφεσθαι προστάτου</b> to be entered <b class="b2">by one's patron's name</b>, be attached to <b class="b2">a patron</b>, οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράφομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>411</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> = Lat. <b class="b2">patronus</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mar.</span>5</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>3.687, 14.1078 (Rome, iii A.D.), <span class="title">OGI</span>549.6 (Ancyra, iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">θεοῦ π</b>. <b class="b2">one who stands before</b> a god to entreat him, <b class="b2">suppliant</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1278</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1171</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">V</span> Medic., <b class="b2">prostate gland</b>, Herophil. ap. <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>14.11</span> (v.l.).</span> | |Definition=ου, ὁ, (προΐστημι) <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">one who stands before, front-rank man</b>, f.l. for [[πρωτοστάτης]] in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 3.3.41</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>2.2</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span>:—but elsewh., </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">leader, chief</b>, esp. of a democracy, προστάτεω ἐπιλαβέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.127</span>, <span class="bibl">5.23</span>; οἱ π. τοῦ δήμου <span class="bibl">Th.3.75</span>, <span class="bibl">4.46</span>,<span class="bibl">66</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ τῶν δήμων π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.3.82</span>; ὁ π. Κλέων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>569</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>1128</span> (lyr.); μεταβολὴ ἐκ προστάτου ἐπὶ τύραννον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>565d</span>; [<b class="b3">Σόλων] πρῶτος τοῦ δήμου π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.2</span>,al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">ruler</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀστοί</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>963</span>; Καδμείων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1031</span>; Κνωσίων <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.9.3</span>; Μολοσσῶν <span class="title">GDI</span>1334 (Epirus, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">χώρας, χθονός</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span> 964</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>373</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">τῆς Ἑλλάδος προστάται</b>, of the Spartans, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 3.1.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.103</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.23</span>; <b class="b3">π. τοῦ ἐμπορίου</b>, of Greeks in Egypt, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.178</span>; τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.2.23</span>; <b class="b3">προστάται τῆς εἰρήνης</b> its <b class="b2">chief authors</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.36</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιμελείας π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.22.78</span>; <b class="b2">administrator</b>, τῆς κεχωρισμένης προσόδου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>81.19</span> (ii B.C.); [<b class="b3">τοῦ ἱεροῦ</b>] <span class="title">OGI</span>531.3 (Bithynia, iii A.D.); <b class="b3">θεᾶς</b> ib.209.4 (Philae, iii A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.</span>412</span>, al. (i A.D.): metaph., ἔρως π. τῶν ἀργῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 572e</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">president</b> or <b class="b2">presiding officer</b>, π. τοῦ γυμνασίου <span class="title">CIG</span>2881.16 (Branchidae), cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>130.16 (Egypt, ii B.C.), <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.598.37 (Teos, i B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>22.1368.13; <b class="b3">π. συνεδρίου</b> ib.9(2).205.33 (Aetolian League); <b class="b3">προβούλων</b> ib.9(1).694.116 (Corc.); [<b class="b3">γερουσίας</b>] ib.7.2808 (Hyettus, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">δαμιοργῶν</b> ib.5(1).1425.16 (Messene); [<b class="b3">βουλᾶς</b>] ib.14.256.5 (Phintias); τῆς μέσης Ἀκαδημίας <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.232</span>: freq. in pl., = [[πρυτάνεις]], <span class="title">SIG</span>194.15 (Amphipolis, iv B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">γνώμα προστατᾶν</b> ib.187.1 (Cnidus, iv B.C.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).264.13 (Thasos, iv B.C.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">one who stands before and protects, guardian, champion</b>, πυλωμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>408</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">798</span>; πόλεως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>519b</span>; [<b class="b3">τῆς ποιητικῆς</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>607d</span>; τῆς πάντων ἐλευθερίας <span class="bibl">D.15.30</span>, etc.; epith. of gods, as Apollo, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>209</span> (lyr.), <span class="title">IPE</span>12.89 (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> at Athens, etc., <b class="b2">patron</b> who took charge of the interests of <b class="b3">μέτοικοι</b>, etc.: hence <b class="b3">ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰκεῖν</b> live under protection of <b class="b2">a patron</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.31.9</span>, 14, <span class="bibl">Lycurg.145</span>; <b class="b3">προστάτην ἐπιγράφειν τινά</b> choose as one's <b class="b2">patron</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Peregr.</span>11</span>; αὑτῷ πονηρὸν προστάτην ἐπεγράψατο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>684</span>; ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span>920</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>882</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">νέμειν π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a13</span>; also <b class="b3">γράφεσθαι προστάτου</b> to be entered <b class="b2">by one's patron's name</b>, be attached to <b class="b2">a patron</b>, οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράφομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>411</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> = Lat. <b class="b2">patronus</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mar.</span>5</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>3.687, 14.1078 (Rome, iii A.D.), <span class="title">OGI</span>549.6 (Ancyra, iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">θεοῦ π</b>. <b class="b2">one who stands before</b> a god to entreat him, <b class="b2">suppliant</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1278</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1171</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">V</span> Medic., <b class="b2">prostate gland</b>, Herophil. ap. <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>14.11</span> (v.l.).</span> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0781.png Seite 781]] ὁ, der Vorstand, Vorsteher, Vorgesetzte, Anführer, Aesch. Spt. 1017; im Ggstz der ἀστοί, Suppl. 941; χθονός, Eur. I. A. 373 Heracl. 964; Her. 1, 127. 2, 179 u. sonst; bes. der an der Spitze der Partei steht, Parteihaupt, πόλεως, Plat. Gorg. 519 b; καὶ [[ἄρχων]], Phaedr. 241 a; καὶ [[ἐπιμελητής]], Legg. VI, 766 b; oft bei Thuc.; Xen. τοῦ πολέμου, Cyr. 7, 2, 23; Folgde; τῆς προαιρέσεως, Pol. 2, 39, 12 u. oft; Dem. 9, 23, die Hegemonie haben; vgl. Xen. Hell. 3, 1, 2; – der Vorstand, Beistand, Beschützer, τόνδ' ἀντιτάξω προστάτην πυλωμάτων, Aesch. Spt. 380. 780; [[Ἀπόλλων]], wie [[προστατήριος]], Soph. Tr. 208; ἧς (νόσου) σε προστάτην σωτῆρά τε μοῦνον ἐξευρίσκομεν, Beschützer gegen die Krankheit, O. R. 303; übh. der für Etwas sorgt, mit folgdm [[ὅπως]], Xen. Mem. 2, 7, 9, wo die Lesart schwankt, – Bes. in Athen der Bürger, der als Patron eines Nichtbürgers oder [[μέτοικος]] (οἱ τῶν μετοίκων Ἀθήνῃσι προεστηκότες προστάται ἐκαλοῦντο, Harpocr., der als den eigentlichen Ausdruck von Seiten der Metöken προστάτην νέμειν anführt) dessen Rechtshändel vor Gericht führte u. ihn in allen bürgerlichen Angelegenheiten vertrat, wonach Soph. sagt ὥςτ' οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι, O. R. 411, ich werde mich nicht als Schützling des Kreon od. ihn als meinen Schutzherrn einschreiben lassen; θεὸν οὐ λήξω ποτὲ προστάταν ἴσχων, 882; Ar. Pax 667 Plut. 920 u. öfter; so bes. bet den attischen Rednern, ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰκεῖν, Lys. 31, 9, von dem Metöken, der in Athen nicht anders sich aufhalten darf, als wenn er einen [[προστάτης]] hat; vgl. Dem. 25, 58; Arist. u. Folgde; προστάτην ἐπέγραφον, Luc. Peregr. 11; dem röm. patronus entsprechend, Plut. Rom. 13 Mar. 5. – Aber [[προστάτης]] θεοῦ ist der vor einen Gott tritt, um ihn anzuflehen, Soph. O. C. 1173. 1280. – Bei Xen. Cyr. 3, 3, 41 sind οἱ προστάται = οἱ [[ἔμπροσθεν]], die im Vordertreffen, den οὐραγοί entgeggstzt. | |||
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English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, (προΐστημι)
A one who stands before, front-rank man, f.l. for πρωτοστάτης in X.Cyr. 3.3.41, Eq.Mag.2.2,6:—but elsewh., II leader, chief, esp. of a democracy, προστάτεω ἐπιλαβέσθαι Hdt.1.127, 5.23; οἱ π. τοῦ δήμου Th.3.75, 4.46,66; οἱ τῶν δήμων π. Id.3.82; ὁ π. Κλέων Ar.Ra.569, cf. Eq.1128 (lyr.); μεταβολὴ ἐκ προστάτου ἐπὶ τύραννον Pl.R.565d; [Σόλων] πρῶτος τοῦ δήμου π. Arist.Ath.2.2,al. 2 generally, ruler, opp. ἀστοί, A.Supp.963; Καδμείων Id.Th.1031; Κνωσίων Arr.Epict.3.9.3; Μολοσσῶν GDI1334 (Epirus, iii B.C.); χώρας, χθονός, E.Heracl. 964, IA373 (troch.); τῆς Ἑλλάδος προστάται, of the Spartans, X.HG 3.1.3, cf. Isoc.4.103, D.9.23; π. τοῦ ἐμπορίου, of Greeks in Egypt, Hdt. 2.178; τοῦ πολέμου X.Cyr.7.2.23; προστάται τῆς εἰρήνης its chief authors, Id.HG5.1.36; τῆς πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιμελείας π. D.22.78; administrator, τῆς κεχωρισμένης προσόδου PTeb.81.19 (ii B.C.); [τοῦ ἱεροῦ] OGI531.3 (Bithynia, iii A.D.); θεᾶς ib.209.4 (Philae, iii A.D.), cf. Ostr.412, al. (i A.D.): metaph., ἔρως π. τῶν ἀργῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν Pl.R. 572e. 3 president or presiding officer, π. τοῦ γυμνασίου CIG2881.16 (Branchidae), cf. OGI130.16 (Egypt, ii B.C.), Supp.Epigr.4.598.37 (Teos, i B.C.), IG22.1368.13; π. συνεδρίου ib.9(2).205.33 (Aetolian League); προβούλων ib.9(1).694.116 (Corc.); [γερουσίας] ib.7.2808 (Hyettus, iii B.C.); δαμιοργῶν ib.5(1).1425.16 (Messene); [βουλᾶς] ib.14.256.5 (Phintias); τῆς μέσης Ἀκαδημίας S.E.P.1.232: freq. in pl., = πρυτάνεις, SIG194.15 (Amphipolis, iv B.C.), etc.; γνώμα προστατᾶν ib.187.1 (Cnidus, iv B.C.), cf. IG12(8).264.13 (Thasos, iv B.C.). III one who stands before and protects, guardian, champion, πυλωμάτων A.Th.408, cf. 798; πόλεως Pl.Grg.519b; [τῆς ποιητικῆς] Id.R.607d; τῆς πάντων ἐλευθερίας D.15.30, etc.; epith. of gods, as Apollo, S.Tr.209 (lyr.), IPE12.89 (ii A.D.). 2 at Athens, etc., patron who took charge of the interests of μέτοικοι, etc.: hence ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰκεῖν live under protection of a patron, Lys.31.9, 14, Lycurg.145; προστάτην ἐπιγράφειν τινά choose as one's patron, Luc. Peregr.11; αὑτῷ πονηρὸν προστάτην ἐπεγράψατο Ar.Pax684; ἔχειν Id.Pl.920, cf. S.OT882 (lyr.); νέμειν π. Arist.Pol.1275a13; also γράφεσθαι προστάτου to be entered by one's patron's name, be attached to a patron, οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράφομαι S.OT411. 3 = Lat. patronus, Plu.Rom.13, Mar.5, IG3.687, 14.1078 (Rome, iii A.D.), OGI549.6 (Ancyra, iii A.D.), etc. IV θεοῦ π. one who stands before a god to entreat him, suppliant, S.OC1278, cf. 1171. V Medic., prostate gland, Herophil. ap. Gal.UP14.11 (v.l.).
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[Seite 781] ὁ, der Vorstand, Vorsteher, Vorgesetzte, Anführer, Aesch. Spt. 1017; im Ggstz der ἀστοί, Suppl. 941; χθονός, Eur. I. A. 373 Heracl. 964; Her. 1, 127. 2, 179 u. sonst; bes. der an der Spitze der Partei steht, Parteihaupt, πόλεως, Plat. Gorg. 519 b; καὶ ἄρχων, Phaedr. 241 a; καὶ ἐπιμελητής, Legg. VI, 766 b; oft bei Thuc.; Xen. τοῦ πολέμου, Cyr. 7, 2, 23; Folgde; τῆς προαιρέσεως, Pol. 2, 39, 12 u. oft; Dem. 9, 23, die Hegemonie haben; vgl. Xen. Hell. 3, 1, 2; – der Vorstand, Beistand, Beschützer, τόνδ' ἀντιτάξω προστάτην πυλωμάτων, Aesch. Spt. 380. 780; Ἀπόλλων, wie προστατήριος, Soph. Tr. 208; ἧς (νόσου) σε προστάτην σωτῆρά τε μοῦνον ἐξευρίσκομεν, Beschützer gegen die Krankheit, O. R. 303; übh. der für Etwas sorgt, mit folgdm ὅπως, Xen. Mem. 2, 7, 9, wo die Lesart schwankt, – Bes. in Athen der Bürger, der als Patron eines Nichtbürgers oder μέτοικος (οἱ τῶν μετοίκων Ἀθήνῃσι προεστηκότες προστάται ἐκαλοῦντο, Harpocr., der als den eigentlichen Ausdruck von Seiten der Metöken προστάτην νέμειν anführt) dessen Rechtshändel vor Gericht führte u. ihn in allen bürgerlichen Angelegenheiten vertrat, wonach Soph. sagt ὥςτ' οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι, O. R. 411, ich werde mich nicht als Schützling des Kreon od. ihn als meinen Schutzherrn einschreiben lassen; θεὸν οὐ λήξω ποτὲ προστάταν ἴσχων, 882; Ar. Pax 667 Plut. 920 u. öfter; so bes. bet den attischen Rednern, ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰκεῖν, Lys. 31, 9, von dem Metöken, der in Athen nicht anders sich aufhalten darf, als wenn er einen προστάτης hat; vgl. Dem. 25, 58; Arist. u. Folgde; προστάτην ἐπέγραφον, Luc. Peregr. 11; dem röm. patronus entsprechend, Plut. Rom. 13 Mar. 5. – Aber προστάτης θεοῦ ist der vor einen Gott tritt, um ihn anzuflehen, Soph. O. C. 1173. 1280. – Bei Xen. Cyr. 3, 3, 41 sind οἱ προστάται = οἱ ἔμπροσθεν, die im Vordertreffen, den οὐραγοί entgeggstzt.
