προστάτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, (προΐστημι) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">one who stands before, front-rank man</b>, f.l. for [[πρωτοστάτης]] in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 3.3.41</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>2.2</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span>:—but elsewh., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[leader]], [[chief]], especially of a democracy, προστάτεω ἐπιλαβέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.127</span>, <span class="bibl">5.23</span>; οἱ π. τοῦ δήμου <span class="bibl">Th.3.75</span>, <span class="bibl">4.46</span>,<span class="bibl">66</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ τῶν δήμων π</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.3.82</span>; ὁ π. Κλέων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>569</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>1128</span> (lyr.); μεταβολὴ ἐκ προστάτου ἐπὶ τύραννον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>565d</span>; [<b class="b3">Σόλων] πρῶτος τοῦ δήμου π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.2</span>,al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[ruler]], opp. [[ἀστοί]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>963</span>; Καδμείων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1031</span>; Κνωσίων <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.9.3</span>; Μολοσσῶν <span class="title">GDI</span>1334 (Epirus, iii B.C.); [[χώρας]], [[χθονός]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span> 964</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>373</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">τῆς Ἑλλάδος προστάται</b>, of the Spartans, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 3.1.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.103</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.23</span>; <b class="b3">π. τοῦ ἐμπορίου</b>, of Greeks in Egypt, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.178</span>; τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.2.23</span>; <b class="b3">προστάται τῆς εἰρήνης</b> its [[chief authors]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.36</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιμελείας π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.22.78</span>; [[administrator]], τῆς κεχωρισμένης προσόδου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>81.19</span> (ii B.C.); [<b class="b3">τοῦ ἱεροῦ</b>] <span class="title">OGI</span>531.3 (Bithynia, iii A.D.); [[θεᾶς]] ib.209.4 (Philae, iii A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.</span>412</span>, al. (i A.D.): metaph., ἔρως π. τῶν ἀργῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 572e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[president]] or [[presiding officer]], π. τοῦ γυμνασίου <span class="title">CIG</span>2881.16 (Branchidae), cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>130.16 (Egypt, ii B.C.), <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.598.37 (Teos, i B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>22.1368.13; <b class="b3">π. συνεδρίου</b> ib.9(2).205.33 (Aetolian League); [[προβούλων]] ib.9(1).694.116 (Corc.); ([[γερουσίας]]) ib.7.2808 (Hyettus, iii B.C.); [[δαμιοργῶν]] ib.5(1).1425.16 (Messene); ([[βουλᾶς]]) ib.14.256.5 (Phintias); τῆς μέσης Ἀκαδημίας <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.232</span>: freq. in pl., = [[πρυτάνεις]], <span class="title">SIG</span>194.15 (Amphipolis, iv B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">γνώμα προστατᾶν</b> ib.187.1 (Cnidus, iv B.C.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).264.13 (Thasos, iv B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">one who stands before and protects, guardian, champion</b>, πυλωμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>408</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">798</span>; πόλεως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>519b</span>; [<b class="b3">τῆς ποιητικῆς</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>607d</span>; τῆς πάντων ἐλευθερίας <span class="bibl">D.15.30</span>, etc.; [[epithet]] of gods, as Apollo, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>209</span> (lyr.), <span class="title">IPE</span>12.89 (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> at Athens, etc., [[patron]] who took charge of the interests of [[μέτοικοι]], etc.: hence <b class="b3">ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰκεῖν</b> live under protection of [[a patron]], <span class="bibl">Lys.31.9</span>, 14, <span class="bibl">Lycurg.145</span>; <b class="b3">προστάτην ἐπιγράφειν τινά</b> choose as one's [[patron]], <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Peregr.</span>11</span>; αὑτῷ πονηρὸν προστάτην ἐπεγράψατο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>684</span>; ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span>920</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>882</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">νέμειν π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a13</span>; also <b class="b3">γράφεσθαι προστάτου</b> to be entered <b class="b2">by one's patron's name</b>, be attached to [[a patron]], οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράφομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>411</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = Lat. [[patronus]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mar.</span>5</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>3.687, 14.1078 (Rome, iii A.D.), <span class="title">OGI</span>549.6 (Ancyra, iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">θεοῦ π</b>. [[one who stands before]] a god to entreat him, [[suppliant]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1278</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1171</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> Medic., [[prostate gland]], Herophil. ap. <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>14.11</span> (v.l.).</span>