εὐεργέτης

euergetes

benefactor

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 7
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23

1163a13
Book IX 6
Chapter 2 1164b22–1165a35

1164b26
1165a17

Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27

1167b17
1168a3
1168a10
1168a27
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter 3 1238b15–39

1238b22
1238b25
Politics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32

1285b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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