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

  • σὺ δ’ οἰεί συνήγορον κοινὸν καὶ μάρτυρα ἔσεσθαί σοι τὸν Ἀττικὸν καὶ Καλλῖνον τοὺσ βιβλιογράφουσ; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 24:2)
  • τοῦτον ἐπείσθην ὑπὸ Δημοσθένουσ γεγράφθαι τὸν λόγον, ὅτι τὰσ δωρεὰσ ἔγραψεν αὐτῷ Δημοσθένησ, ὡσ Δείναρχοσ ἐν τῷ κατὰ Δημοσθένουσ λόγῳ δεδήλωκε, καὶ ὅτι ἐπὶ τέλει τοῦ λόγου ὁ Δίφιλοσ Δημοσθένην παρακαλεῖ συνήγορον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 5:2)
  • οὐκοῦν συνήγορον ἀναβιβασάσθω τῶν κοινῶν τούτων τινά· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 15:8)
  • πρὸσ θεῶν, ἢν λέγῃ ταῦτα ἡ γλῶττα, ἰδίαν αὐτὴ φωνὴν λαβοῦσα καὶ τὸν πώγωνα συνήγορον ἐπικαλεσαμένη, τί ἂν ἀποκρίναιο αὐτῇ ; (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 23:1)
  • συνήγορον, ὦ Μῶμε, εἴ πωσ δυνηθείημεν, αὐτῷ παρασχεῖν ἄλλον τῶν δεινῶν τούτων, ἐροῦντα κατ’ ἀξίαν ἅπερ ἂν ἐκεῖνοσ ἐνθυμηθεὶσ ὑποβάλῃ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 29:1)

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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