ἐπιδώτης
From LSJ
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1) → In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, giver, distributor, the Bountiful, epithet of gods, esp. Zeus at Mantinea, Paus.8.9.2, cf. Plu.2.1102e:—hence Ἐπιδώτειον = Epidoteion , τό, temple at Epidaurus, IG4.1492.24.
German (Pape)
[Seite 940] ὁ, = ἐπιδότης, s. Nom. pr.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
« le dispensateur », ép. de divers dieux.
Étymologie: ἐπιδίδωμι.
Greek Monolingual
ἐπιδώτης, ὁ (Α)
(επίθ. θεών) αυτός που παρέχει κάτι με αφθονία («ἔστι δέ ἱερὸν θεῶν οὕς Ἐπιδώτας ὀνομάζουσιν», Παυσ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + δώτης (< δί-δω-μι)].
