σκεπαστής
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
English (LSJ)
σκεπαστοῦ, ὁ, shelterer, protector, LXX Ex.15.2, 3 Ma.6.9, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 892] ὁ, der Bedeckende, Verhüllende, LXX.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκεπαστής: -οῦ, ὁ, (σκεπάζω) ὁ σκέπων, φρουρῶν, ὑπερασπιστής, προστάτης, Ἑβδ. (Ἔξοδ. ΙΕ΄, 2, Γ΄ Μακκ. Ϛ΄, 9, κτλ.).
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, ΜΑ σκεπάζω
1. αυτός που σκεπάζει, που προκαλύπτει, που προφυλάσσει
2. υπερασπιστής, προστάτης («σκεπαστὴς ἐγένετό μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν», ΠΔ.).
Translations
protector
Arabic: حَامٍ; Armenian: պահապան; Azerbaijani: qoruyucu, havadar, himayədar; Bengali: মহাফেজ; Bulgarian: защитник; Catalan: protector; Chamorro: a'adahi; Czech: ochránce; Danish: beskytter; Dutch: beschermer, beschermheer, behoeder; Faroese: verndari; Finnish: suojelija; French: protecteur, guardien; Galician: protector; German: Beschützer; Ancient Greek: ἀλεξήτειρα, ἀλεξητήρ, ἀλκτήρ, ἀντιλήμπτωρ, ἀντιλήπτωρ, ἐπίκουρος, ἐπιστάτης, ἐπίτροπος, ἱκέτης, κηδεμών, κηδευτής, πρόξεινος, πρόξενος, πρόξηνος, προσκεπαστής, προστάτης, σκεπαστής, σκοπός, ὑπερασπιστής, φύλαξ, χραισμήτωρ; Irish: cosantóir; Italian: protettore, protettrice; Kurdish Central Kurdish: حافیز, پاڕێزگار; Northern Kurdish: parastvan, parastvan; Latin: patronus, patrona, protector, protectrix, tutor, fautor, praeses; Old English: sċildend; Portuguese: protetor; Romanian: protector, protectoare; Russian: защитник, защитница; Sanskrit: नाथ; Scottish Gaelic: tèarmannair; Spanish: protector, protectora, valedor; Swedish: beskyddare, protektor; Turkish: hami, koruyucu, mevla, sahip, veli; Ukrainian: захисник, захисниця; Urdu: محافظ
