εὐεργέτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Thess. [[εὐϝεργέτας]] IG9(2).257.5 (v B. C.)), ου, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[benefactor]], Pi.P.2.24, S.Ant.284; τινι to one, Hdt.6.30, E.HF1252: more commonly c. gen., εὐεργέτης τῆς γῆς Id.Rh.151, cf. Pl.Cra.403e, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> as an honorary title, εὐεργέτης βασιλέος ἀνεγράφη = was registered as the King's [[benefactor]], Hdt.8.85, cf. 3.140; [[πρόξεινος]] καὶ εὐεργέτης Id.8.136, cf. IG12.82, X.HG6.1.4, etc.; μέγιστος εὐ. παρ' ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράψῃ Pl.Grg.506c, cf. Lys.20.19, etc.; οἱ ἐξουσιασταὶ αὐτῶν εὐ. καλοῦνται Ev.Luc.22.25: conferred on kings and emperors, as Antigonus, Inscr.Prien.2.6 (iv B. C.); ὁ παντὸς κόσμου σωτὴρ καὶ εὐεργέτης, of Trajan, IG12(1).978 (Carpathos); σὺ ὁ εὐεργέτης, mode of address to a [[superior]], POxy.38.13 (i A. D.), 486.27 (ii A. D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, [[beneficent]], [[bountiful]], ἀνήρ Pi.O.2.94, cf. P.4.30.