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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 Ἀριστόμαχοσ ἐπιστάτησ γενόμενοσ τῆσ Ἀκαδημείασ, ὅτι σκαφεῖον ἐκ τῆσ παλαίστρασ μετενεγκὼν εἰσ τὸν κῆπον τὸν αὑτοῦ πλησίον ὄντα ἐχρῆτο καὶ ἐφη [οὐ μέντοι] ἡμᾶσ ὁ δῆμ[οσ ἐν τῷ] μετὰ ταῦτα χρ[όνῳ] οὐκ εἰά προσ[ιέναι] αὑτῷ οὐδὲ δια[λέγε]σθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ συ[μβούλοισ ἐχ]ρῆτο καὶ σ[υνηγόροισ] [ τοῦ δ]ὲ ἐπιόν[τοσ][ἐ]πὶ τὴν δι[οίκησιν τῶ]ν αὑτοῦ ἅπασαν [ταμ]ίαν ἐχειροτόνησ[εν, ὑπ]ολαμβάνων χάριν αὐτῷ παρ’ ἡμῶν ὀφείλεσθαι, ὅπερ δίκαιον ἦν. (Hyperides, Speeches, 6:11)

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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