tutelary
ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. σωτήριος, V. προστατήριος, ἀλεξητήριος.
protecting a country, as epithet of some god: Ar. and P. πολιοῦχος (Plato), P. and V. ἑστιοῦχος (Plato also Ar.), V. δημοῦχος, πολισσοῦχος.
be tutelary of v.: P. and V. ἔχειν (acc.) (Dem. 274), P. λαγχάνειν (acc.) (Plato), Ar. and V. προστατεῖν (gen.), ἐπισκοπεῖν (acc.), V. ἀμφέπειν (acc.).
tutelary guardian, subs.: P. and V. ἐπίσκοπος, ὁ or ἡ (Plato).
the neighbouring fields claim Colonus as their tutelary hero: V. οἱ πλήσιοι γύαι… Κολωνὸν εὔχονται σφίσιν ἀρχηγὸν εἶναι (Soph., Oedipus Coloneus 58; cf. Plato, Timaeus 21E).
