προστάτης (prostatēs)
prostatēs
a superintendent
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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) (ML)
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) (ML)