protecting
From LSJ
χαῖρ', ὦ μέγ' ἀχρειόγελως ὅμιλε, ταῖς ἐπίβδαις, τῆς ἡμετέρας σοφίας κριτὴς ἄριστε πάντων → all hail, throng that laughs untimely on the day after the festival, best of all judges of our poetic skill
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
V. προστατήριος, ἀλεξητήριος, P. and V. σωτήριος.
protecting the land, tutelary: Ar. and P. πολιοῦχος (Plato), P. and V. ἑστιοῦχος (Plato also Ar.), V. δημοῦχος, πολισσοῦχος.
