εὐεργέτης: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=(Thess. εὐϝεργέτας <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).257.5 (v B. C.)), ου, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">benefactor</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.24</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>284</span>; τινι to one, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.30</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1252</span>: more commonly c. gen., τῆς γῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>151</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>403e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> as an honorary title, <b class="b3">εὐ. βασιλέος ἀνεγράφη</b> was registered as the King's <b class="b2">benefactor</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.85</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.140</span>; <b class="b3">πρόξεινος καὶ εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.8.136</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.82, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.1.4</span>, etc.; μέγιστος εὐ. παρ' ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράψῃ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>506c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.20.19</span>, etc.; οἱ ἐξουσιασταὶ αὐτῶν εὐ. καλοῦνται <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>22.25</span>: conferred on kings and emperors, as Antigonus, <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>2.6 (iv B. C.); <b class="b3">ὁ παντὸς κόσμου σωτὴρ καὶ εὐ</b>, of Trajan, <span class="title">IG</span>12(1).978 (Carpathos); <b class="b3">σὺ ὁ εὐ</b>., mode of address to a superior, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>38.13</span> (i A. D.), <span class="bibl">486.27</span> (ii A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Adj., <b class="b2">beneficent, bountiful</b>, ἀνήρ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>4.30</span>.</span>

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