πρόξενος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=πρό-ξενος, ιονιξ πρό-ξεινος, ὁ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[public]] [[ξένος]], [[public]] [[guest]] or [[friend]], made so by an act of the State, [[such]] as was the King of Macedon to the Athenians, Hdt.; —the [[word]] expressed the [[same]] [[relation]] [[between]] a State and an [[individual]] of [[another]] State, that [[ξένος]] expressed [[between]] individuals of [[different]] States.—The [[πρόξενος]] enjoyed his privileges on the [[condition]] of [[entertaining]] and [[assisting]] the ambassadors and citizens of the State [[which]] he represented, so that the πρόξενοι answered to our Consuls, Agents, Residents, [[though]] the [[πρόξενος]] was [[always]] a [[member]] of the [[foreign]] State.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[generally]], a [[patron]], [[protector]], Aesch.: as fem. a [[patroness]], Soph.