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ἐπίτροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίτροπος ἐπίτροπον

Structure: ἐπιτροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pitre/pw

Sense

one to whom a charge is entrusted, a trustee, administrator, a governor, viceroy
a guardian

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐπίτροπος	ἐπίτροπον
	Genitive	ἐπιτρόπου	ἐπιτρόπου
	Dative	ἐπιτρόπῳ	ἐπιτρόπῳ
	Accusative	ἐπίτροπον	ἐπίτροπον
	Vocative	ἐπίτροπε	ἐπίτροπον
Dual	N/A/V	ἐπιτρόπω	ἐπιτρόπω
Dual	G/D	ἐπιτρόποιν	ἐπιτρόποιν
Plural	Nominative	ἐπίτροποι	ἐπίτροπα
	Genitive	ἐπιτρόπων	ἐπιτρόπων
	Dative	ἐπιτρόποις	ἐπιτρόποις
	Accusative	ἐπιτρόπους	ἐπίτροπα
	Vocative	ἐπίτροποι	ἐπίτροπα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἐπίτροπος ἐπιτρόπου	ἐπιτροπώτερος ἐπιτροπωτέρου	ἐπιτροπώτατος ἐπιτροπωτάτου
Adverb	ἐπιτρόπως	ἐπιτροπώτερον	ἐπιτροπώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

οὐχ ἱκανόν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, τοῖσ ἐπιτρόποισ, ὅσα πράγματα διὰ τὴν ἐπιτροπείαν ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διασῴζοντεσ τὰσ τῶν φίλων οὐσίασ συκοφαντοῦνται ὑπὸ τῶν ὀρφανῶν πολλοί. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 8 1:4)
οὐχ ἱκανόν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, τοῖσ ἐπιτρόποισ, ὅσα πράγματα διὰ τὴν ἐπιτροπείαν ἔχουσιν οὐδεὶσ ἂν εἴποι ῥήτοροσ εἶναι, ἀλλὰ παντὸσ ἰδιώτου καταστάντοσ εἰσ ἀγῶνα ἄδικον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 93)
καὶ γὰρ ἐν ταῖσ οἰκίαισ ταύταισ ἐπιτρόποισ καὶ ταμίαισι χρώμεθα. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Prologue 6:7)
τὰ δ’ οἰκέταισ τὰ δὲ φίλοισ οἱο͂ν ἄρχοντ’, ἐπιτρόποισ τισὶ καὶ λογισταῖσ καὶ διοικηταῖσ, αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῶν κυριωτάτων ὄντα τῷ λογισμῷ· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 16 15:1)
ἐγὼ δὲ τῇ τύχῃ μὲν οὐδὲν οἶμαι δεῖν ἐπιτρέπειν οὐδὲ παρορᾶν τὸν νοῦν ἔχοντα, πιστεύειν δὲ καὶ χρῆσθαι τὰ μὲν γυναικὶ τὰ δ’ οἰκέταισ τὰ δὲ φίλοισ οἱο͂ν ἄρχοντ’ ἐπιτρόποισ τισὶ καὶ λογισταῖσ καὶ διοικηταῖσ, αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῶν κυριωτάτων ὄντα τῷ λογισμῷ καὶ μεγίστων. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 16 5:3)

Synonyms

a guardian
- μελισσοσόος (guardian of bees)
- συνέστιος (guardian of the hearth)

κληρονόμος (one who receives a portion)
εἰσποιητός (adopted)
ἀγχιστεία (nearness of kin)
πατράδελφος ()
ἡμικλήριον (half the inheritance)
ὁμοπάτριος (by the same father)
γεννητής (a parent)
ὑιδοῦς (a grandson)
πατρικός (derived from one's fathers)
πρόσκλησις (a judicial summons or citation)
ἐπάρχω (to be governor of)
ἔπαρχος (a commander)
ἐπιμελητής (one who has charge of)
συνεπίτροπος (a joint guardian)
παιδαγωγός (originally)
νομάρχης (the chief of an Egyptian province)
ἀποδέκτης (a receiver)
ὀρφανικός (orphaned)
ἀντίπαις (like a boy or child)
νεώνητος (newly bought)
ὁμομήτριος (born of the same mother)
κηδεστής (a connexion by marriage)
ἐνεδρεύω (to lie in wait for)
ἱερατεία (the priest's office)
ὠνητής (a buyer)
ἀγόρασμα (that which is bought)
λυσανίης (ending sorrow)
ἐπιτροπεύω (to be a trustee)
ἄδεσμος (unfettered)
ἀνεψιαδοῦς (a first-cousin's son)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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a guardian

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Sense

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a guardian

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