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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

  • πλὴν ἀλλὰ ἐκεῖνό γε οὐ δικαστικὸν ἐποιὴσατε, καὶ μάλιστα σύ, ἐρήμην καταδιαιτήσασ τοῦ βιβλίου μὴ παρόντοσ αὐτῷ τοῦ συνηγόρου. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 15:3)
  • λέγε μόνον, σαφῆ δέ, ὦ Ἄπολλον, καὶ οὐ συνηγόρου καὶ αὐτὰ ἢ ἑρμηνέωσ δεόμενα; (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 30:10)
  • εἰσ δὲ τὸ μηδετέροισ ἐπελθεῖν ὁ τοῦ συνηγόρου λοιπὸν τόποσ ἐκπέπτωκε. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:19)

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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