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ἐπίτροπος

epitropos

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

Appears 38 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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.
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