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εὐεργέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐεργέτης εὐεργέτου

Structure: εὐεργετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rgw

Sense

  1. euergetist

Declension

First declension

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

  • γ πολλοὶ τῇ πλείστῃ τῶν εὐεργετούντων χρηστότητι πυκνότερον τιμώμενοι μεῖζον ἐφρόνησαν καὶ οὐ μόνον τοὺσ ὑποτεταγμένουσ ἡμῖν ζητοῦσι κακοποιεῖν, τόν τε κόρον οὐ δυνάμενοι φέρειν καὶ τοῖσ ἑαυτῶν εὐεργέταισ ἐπιχειροῦσιν μηχανᾶσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 8:15)
  • τὴν δὲ αὐτῶν εἰσ ἡμᾶσ δυσμένειαν ἔκδηλον καθιστάντεσ, ὡσ μονώτατοι τῶν ἐθνῶν βασιλεῦσι καὶ τοῖσ ἑαυτῶν εὐεργέταισ ὑψαυχενοῦντεσ, οὐδὲν γνήσιον βούλονται φέρειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 3:19)
  • εἶτα τὸν μὲν οὕτωσ ἀποκτείναντα κολάζειν ὡσ ἀνδροφόνον δικαιοῖσ καὶ οὐδαμῶσ ἀφεῖσθαι θέλεισ, τὸν δὲ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τούτῳ τρόπον εὖ πεποιηκότα τὴν πόλιν οὐ τῶν ὁμοίων ἀξιώσεισ τοῖσ εὐεργέταισ ; (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 12:4)
  • οὐκ ἂν ἐν τοῖσ εὐεργέταισ ἀνεγράψατε ; (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 19:9)
  • [ὅτι πρ]ῶτον μὲν οὐ παρ’ ἑτέρου σ’ ἔδει μαθεῖν ὅτι ὁ δῆμοσ χάριτασ ἀποδίδωσιν τοῖσ εὐεργέταισ, ἀλλὰ παρὰ σαυτοῦ· (Hyperides, Speeches, 11:2)

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