ἐπιτροπεύω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
A to be an administrator, guardian, etc. 1 abs., Hdt.1.134, X.Oec.12.8, 13.1, IG3.392, etc.; τινί for one, Pl.Lg.849b. 2 c. gen., Λεωβώτεω Hdt.1.65; Αἰγύπτου ἐ. Id.3.15; τοῦ πλήθεος ib.82; Βαβυλῶνος Id.7.62 ; τινός PSI4.281.30 (ii A.D.); χώρας J.AJ11.4.6 (Med., v.l. Act.). 3 c. acc., govern, manage, τὴν πατρίδα Hdt.3.36; πόλιν Id.8.127, Pl.R.519c; τὸν δῆμον Ar.Eq.212, al.; τὴν κτῆσιν Pl.Lg.877c:—Pass., to be managed by bailiffs, Arist.Oec.1345a8. b c. acc. pers., ἐ. τινά to be guardian and regent for him, Th.1.132, Lys.10.5:—Pass., to be under guardians, Is.1.10; ὑπό τινων SIG364.58 (Ephesus, iii B. C.), etc.; κακῶς.. ἐπιτροπευθῆναι to be ill-treated by one's guardians, Pl.Lg.928c, cf. D.27.5 ; αἰσχρῶς -τετροπευμένους ὑπὸ τοῦ πάππου Lys.32.3: metaph., ὁ σοφὸς -εύεται ὑπὸ θεοῦ Porph. Marc.16. 4 in Roman Law, to be procurator, IG14.911, Plu. 2.471a, etc.; τῆς Ἰουδαίας v.l.in Ev.Luc.3.1. b act as agent, represent a person's interest, Mitteis Chr.372ii2 (ii A. D.). II = ἐπιτρέπω, grant, allow, δίαιταν Is.5.31 codd. ἐπιτροπ-έω, = foreg., dub. in Pl.Com. 265.
