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ἐπίκουρος

epikouros

helper, ally

Appears 21 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίκουρος, ὁ, A. helper, ally, Hom. only in Il., mostly in pl. of the barbarian allies of Troy, Τρῶες . . ἠδʼ ἐ. 2.815; Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδʼ ἐ. 3.456,al., cf. Hdt. 2.152, 3.91, al. 2. mercenary troops, opp. citizen-soldiers, ἐπικούρους προσμισθοῦσθαι Th. 2.33, cf. Hdt. 1.154, 2.163, 3.145, Lys. 12.94, X. HG 7.1.12, etc.; ἀπὸ Ἀρκαδίας ἐπίκουροι Hermipp. 63.18; used as body-guard by tyrants, Hdt. 1.64, 6.39, Th. 6.55,58. 3. οἱ ἐ. the guards, the military class in Platoʼs Republic, R. 414b, 415a, 545d. II. as Adj., assisting, aiding, c. dat. pers.,Ἀφροδίτη ἦλθεν Ἄρῃ ἐπίκουρος Il. 21.431; βῆναι ἐ. τινι Pi. O. 13.97; ταῖς νήσοις ἐ. Ar. Eq. 1319; τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἐ. Th. 3.67: c. gen. pers., ἐπίκουρε βροτῶν their defender, h. Mart.9; τῶν ἀνθρώπων, of Eros, Pl. Smp. 189d: abs., patron, protector, δεσπότης ἐ. X. Cyr. 7.5.61. 2. c. gen. rei, defending or protecting against, νόσου E. Or. 211 (troch.); πῦρ ἐ. ψύχους, σκότους, X. Mem. 4.3.7; Λαβδακίδαις ἐ. θανάτων protecting them against deaths, S. OT 496 (lyr.); πατρὶ αἱμάτων ἐ. E. El. 138 (lyr.).
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