προστάτης
prostatēsNoun (Masculine)G8945
a superintendent
Full Lexicon Entry
1.one who stands before, a front-rank-man, (Xenophon Historicus)
2.a chief, leader of a party, (Herdotus Historicus); ὁ πρ. *τοῦ δήμου *(Thucydides)
3.generally, a president, ruler, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; *προστάται τῆς εἰρήνης *its chief authors, (Xenophon Historicus)
4.one who stands before, a protector, guard, champion, *πυλωμάτων *(Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.
5.at Athens, of a citizen who took care of the μέτοικοι, as the Rom. patronus took care of his clientes; *προστάτην γράφεσθαί τινα *to choose as one's patron, (Aristophanes Comicus); but, *γράφεσθαι προστάτου *to enter oneself by one's patron's name, attach oneself to a patron, (Sophocles Tragicus)
6.*προστάτης θεοῦ *one who stands before a god to entreat him, a suppliant, (Sophocles Tragicus)
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)
Morphology G:N-M
DescriptionGreek Noun, Masculine
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