εὐεργέτης

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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1065] ὁ, der gut thut, der Wohlthäter, auch adj. ἀνήρ, Pind. Ol. 2, 104; Soph. Ant. 284; βροτοῖσι Eur. Herc. Für. 1252, wie Her. 6, 30; γῆς Eur. Rhes. 151; Plat. u. A.; bes. ein Ehrentitel der Männer, die sich um den Staat Verdienste erworben haben, bei den Persern εὐεργέτης βασιλῆος ἀνεγράφη, Her. 8, 85; so Plat. μέγιστος εὐεργ. παρ' ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράψει Gorg. 506 c; Xen. Hell. 6, 1, 4 πρόξενος ὑμῶν ὢν καὶ εὐεργ. ἐκ πάντων προγόνων; Vect. 3, 11; Inscr. 84. 1052. Vgl. εὐεργεσία.