patron

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ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. ἐπιστάτης, ὁ.

protector: P. and V. προστάτης, ὁ, Ar. and V. πρόξενος, ὁ.

without a patron, adj.: V. ἀπρόξενος.

be a patron to, v.: Ar. and V. προξενεῖν (gen.).

patron saint: use P. and V. ἥρως, or use V. ἀρχηγός, ὁ (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 60); see tutelary.

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