ἐπίτροπος

epitropos

one to whom the charge of anything is entrusted, steward, trustee, administrator

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 1255b16–40

1255b36
Book V 2
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10

1314b38
1315b2
Oeconomica 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1344a23–1344b21

1344a26
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 8 1408b21–1409a21

1408b25

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίτροπος, ον, (ἐπιτρέπω) A. one to whom the charge of anything is entrusted, steward, trustee, administrator, c.gen. rei, τῶν ἑωυτοῦ Hdt. 1.108 ; τῶν οἰκίων Id. 3.63 : abs., X. Oec. 12.3, D. 21.78, 27.19, Ev.Luc. 8.3, etc.; steward, messman, X. Cyr. 4.2.35 : metaph., τῶν [τοῦ Πρωταγόρου] ἐ. Pl. Tht. 165a. 2. = Lat. procurator, Καίσαρος ἐ. Str. 3.4.20, Plu. 2.813e, etc.; ἐ. Σεβαστοῦ, -τῶν, OG 1502.10 (Aezani, ii A.D.), 501.2 (Tralles, ii A.D.); ἐ. τῆς Ἠπείρου Arr. Epict. 3.4.1 ; τῶν μετάλλων OG 1678.5 (Egypt, ii A.D.), etc. 3. governor, viceroy, οἱ ἐ. τῆς Μέμφιος, Μιλήτου ἐ., Hdt. 3.27,5.30, cf. 106. 4. executor, PPetr. 3p.9, al.(iii B.C.). II. c.gen.pers., trustee, guardian, Hdt. 4.76, Th. 2.80, etc.; ἐ. τινι παίδων Hyp. Epit. 42 : abs., Pl. Lg. 924b, etc.; ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους εἶναι Ep.Gal. 4.2 ; καθιστάναι ἐ. PRyl. 153.18(ii A.D.): metaph., guardian, protector, θεὸς ἐ. ἐών Pi. O. 1.106.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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