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|Definition== foreg.: <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ruleover]], [[lord it over]], χθονός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>206</span>; αἰσχρὸν προστατεῖν γε δωμάτων γυναῖκα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>932</span>; τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>519c</span>; τῶν μεγίστων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">La.</span>197e</span>; <b class="b3">π. τοῦ ἀγῶνος</b> to [[be steward]] of the games, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.8.25</span>; <b class="b3">π. νούσου</b>, of a physician, to [[be in charge]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Praec.</span>13</span>; τοῦ λύχνου τῶν ἱερῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 1453.14</span> (i B.C.): abs., <b class="b3">ὁ προστατῶν</b> [[he that acts as chief]], v.l. in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 8.3.25</span>; ὅταν δημοκρατουμένη πόλις ἐλευθερίας διψήσασα κακῶν οἰνοχόων προστατούντων τύχῃ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>562d</span>; = [[προστατεύω]] <span class="bibl">11</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.7.9</span>; π. τοῦ θεμελιωθῆναι τὴν σύνοδον <span class="title">IG</span>22.1343.14:—Pass., <b class="b3">προστατεῖσθαι ὑπό τινων</b> to [[be ruled]] or [[led]] by them, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> to [[be president]], <b class="b3">ἐκκλησίας Ἀρχ. Ἐφ</b>. <span class="bibl">1914.180</span> (Gonni); βουλᾶς <span class="title">IG</span>14.612 (Rhegium). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[stand before]] as a defender, to [[be guardian]] or [[protector of]], πυλῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>396</span>; <b class="b3">Ἥρα π. [Ἀργείων</b>] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>349</span>; ἁ διὰ παντὸς Χερσονασιτᾶν προστατοῦσα Παρθένος <span class="title">IPE</span>12.352.23 (ii/i B.C.); ἀναίδειαν, ἥπερ μόνη π. ῥητόρων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>325</span> (lyr.); πολιτῶν π. αἱρούμενον <span class="bibl">Men.578</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">π. περὶ τοῦ ἀνατεθέντος ἀργυρίου</b> [[bring forward a measure]] respecting... <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).694.106 (Corc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ὁ προστατῶν χρόνος</b> the time [[that stands before]], i.e. [[is close at hand]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>781</span> (cf. Sch. ad loc.), unless rather [[tyrannous]].</span>