Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παρασκευαστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρασκευαστής παρασκευαστοῦ

Structure: παρασκευαστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: from paraskeua/zw

Sense

  1. a provider

Examples

  • διακόνουσ μοι λέγεισ καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν παρασκευαστὰσ ἀνθρώπουσ, οὐκ ἐπαί̈οντασ καλὸν κἀγαθὸν οὐδὲν περὶ αὐτῶν, οἵ, ἂν οὕτω τύχωσιν, ἐμπλήσαντεσ καὶ παχύναντεσ τὰ σώματα τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐπαινούμενοι ὑπ’ αὐτῶν, προσαπολοῦσιν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰσ ἀρχαίασ σάρκασ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 435:2)

Synonyms

  1. a provider

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

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