συνήγορ-ος( Aeol. , etc.συνάγορος [ᾱ]
IG 12(2).526b28 (Eresus,iv B.C.), etc.),ον, (ἀγορά)
A. speaking with, of the same tenor with,μαντεῖα καινὰ τοῖς πάλαι ξ. S. Tr. 1165 :—asSubst.,one who agrees withanother, συνήγορόν μ' ἔχεις
A. Ag. 831
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II. advocate,ἐάν τις . . ς. ὢν λαμβάνῃ χρήματα ἐπὶ ταῖς δίκαις ταῖς ἰδίαις ἢ δημοσίαιςLex ap. D. 46.26 :
1. public advocate, chosen by the state, e.g. at Athens, to defend laws against proposed changes before theνομοθέται, D. 24.36 ; or to conduct public prosecutions, Ar. Ach. 715 (troch.), Eq. 1358 , V. 482 (troch.), Decr. ap. Plu. 2.833f ; also ten appointed by lot annually to represent the state at theεὔθυναιof magistrates, Arist. Ath. 54.2 ; two appointed byεἰσαγωγεῖςin connexion with assessments of tribute, IG 12.63.8 (dub.); in Boeotia the magistrates in charge of theεὔθυναιwere calledσυνήγοροι, ib. 7.303.26 (Oropus), cf. Arist. Pol. 1322b11 .
b. ς. τοῦ ἱερωτάτου ταμιείου,=Lat.advocatus fisci,
Ath.Mitt. 25.124 (Lydia,ii/iii A.D.); ς. τοῦ ἐν Φρυγίᾳ ταμιείου καὶ τοῦ ἐν Ἀσίᾳ
IGRom. 4.819