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Revision as of 21:55, 8 February 2013
English (LSJ)
(Thess. εὐϝεργέτας IG9(2).257.5 (v B. C.)), ου, ὁ,
A benefactor, Pi.P.2.24, S.Ant.284; τινι to one, Hdt.6.30, E.HF1252: more commonly c. gen., τῆς γῆς Id.Rh.151, cf. Pl.Cra.403e, etc. 2 as an honorary title, εὐ. βασιλέος ἀνεγράφη was registered as the King's benefactor, Hdt.8.85, cf. 3.140; πρόξεινος καὶ εὐ. Id.8.136, cf. IG12.82, X.HG6.1.4, etc.; μέγιστος εὐ. παρ' ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράψῃ Pl.Grg.506c, cf. Lys.20.19, etc.; οἱ ἐξουσιασταὶ αὐτῶν εὐ. καλοῦνται Ev.Luc.22.25: conferred on kings and emperors, as Antigonus, Inscr.Prien.2.6 (iv B. C.); ὁ παντὸς κόσμου σωτὴρ καὶ εὐ, of Trajan, IG12(1).978 (Carpathos); σὺ ὁ εὐ., mode of address to a superior, POxy.38.13 (i A. D.), 486.27 (ii A. D.), etc. II as Adj., beneficent, bountiful, ἀνήρ Pi.O.2.94, cf. P.4.30.