Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

συνήγορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: συνήγορος συνήγορον

Structure: συνηγορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)gora/

Sense

  1. speaking with, of the same tenor with
  2. one who speaks with, an advocate
  3. public advocates
  4. private advocates, counsel

Examples

  • καὶ μάρτυρέσ εἰσιν ἕτοιμοι τούτοισ καὶ συνήγοροι πάντεσ καθ’ ἡμῶν εὐτρεπεῖσ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 147:3)
  • τούτῳ γὰρ παρίασιν ἐκ τριῶν εἰδῶν συνήγοροι, οἱ μὲν ταῖσ καθ’ ἡμέραν δαπάναισ ἀνηλωκότεσ τὰσ πατρῴασ οὐσίασ, οἱ δὲ ταῖσ ἡλικίαισ καὶ τοῖσ ἑαυτῶν σώμασιν οὐ καλῶσ κεχρημένοι, καὶ δεδιότεσ οὐ περὶ Τιμάρχου, ἀλλὰ περὶ ἑαυτῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων μή ποτε εἰσ κρίσιν καταστῶσιν· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1941)

Synonyms

  1. speaking with

  2. public advocates

Related

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

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