ἐπιτροπεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be an administrator]], [[guardian]], etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> abs., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.134</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>12.8</span>, <span class="bibl">13.1</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>3.392, etc.; [[τινί]] [[for]] one, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>849b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., Λεωβώτεω <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.65</span>; Αἰγύπτου ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.3.15</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ πλήθεος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">82</span>; Βαβυλῶνος <span class="bibl">Id.7.62</span> ; τινός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.281.30</span> (ii A.D.); χώρας <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>11.4.6</span> (Med., v.l. Act.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc., [[govern]], [[manage]], τὴν πατρίδα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.36</span>; πόλιν <span class="bibl">Id.8.127</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>519c</span>; τὸν δῆμον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>212</span>, al.; τὴν κτῆσιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>877c</span>:—Pass., to [[be managed by bailiffs]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Oec.</span>1345a8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. acc. pers., <b class="b3">ἐ. τινά</b> to [[be guardian and regent for]] him, <span class="bibl">Th.1.132</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.10.5</span>:—Pass., to [[be under guardians]], <span class="bibl">Is.1.10</span>; ὑπό τινων <span class="title">SIG</span>364.58 (Ephesus, iii B. C.), etc.; <b class="b3">κακῶς.. ἐπιτροπευθῆναι</b> to [[be]] ill-[[treated by one's guardians]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>928c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.27.5</span> ; αἰσχρῶς -τετροπευμένους ὑπὸ τοῦ πάππου <span class="bibl">Lys.32.3</span>: metaph., ὁ σοφὸς -εύεται ὑπὸ θεοῦ <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Marc.</span>16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in Roman Law, to [[be procurator]], IG14.911, Plu. 2.471a, etc.; <b class="b3">τῆς Ἰουδαίας</b> v.l.in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>3.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[act as agent]], [[represent]] a person's interest, Mitteis <span class="title">Chr.</span>372ii2 (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἐπιτρέπω]], [[grant]], [[allow]], δίαιταν <span class="bibl">Is.5.31</span> codd. [[ἐπιτροπέω]], = [[ἐπιτρέπω]], dub. in <span class="bibl">Pl.Com. 265</span>.</span>