εὐεργέτης

euergetes

benefactor

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Letters 3
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356d3
351a4
351b4
Gorgias 2
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470c8
506c2
Apology 1
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36d4
Cratylus 1
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403e4
Laws 1
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Book XI 1
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918b2
Phaedo 1
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62a7

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.

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