προπάτωρ
Τί γὰρ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἕλκος μεῖζον ἢ φίλος κακός; → What wound is greater than a false friend?
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ορος, ὁ, (πατήρ)
A first founder of a family, forefather, Pi.N.4.89, Hdt.2.161,9.122, E.Or.1441 (lyr.); ὦ Ζεῦ, προγόνων προπάτωρ S.Aj.387 (lyr., s.v.l.); opp. πατήρ, Pl.Lg.931d; ancestor of a tribe, OGI446.3 (Phrygia); θεὸς ὁ π. Herm. ap. Stob.1.49.44, cf.Id.ib.3.11.31, IGRom.4.1213, 1215 (Thyatira); Διόνυσος ὁ π. τῆς πόλεως D.Chr.39.8, cf. BCH4.157 (Erythrae); primal god, PMag.Par.1.1988, PMag. Leid.V.7.26; π. τῶν ἐν γενέσει δημιουργὸν προτάττουσι Iamb.Myst.8.4: in pl., ancestors, forefathers, Hdt.2.169, Pl.Lg.717e; founders, inventors of arts and sciences, Vett. Val.3.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 739] ορος, ὁ, Vorvater, Stammvater, Ahnherr; Pind. N. 4, 89; Ζεῦ, προγόνων προπάτωρ, Soph. Ai. 380; Eur. Or. 144; u. in Prosa: Her. 2, 161. 9, 122; οἱ προπάτορες, die Altvordern, Vorfahren, 2, 169; Plat. Legg. IV, 717 e.
