εὐεργέτ-ης(Thess.εὐϝεργέτας
IG 9(2).257.5
(v B. C.)),ου,ὁ,
A. benefactor, Pi. P. 2.24 , S. Ant. 284 ;τινιto one, Hdt. 6.30 , E. HF 1252 : more commonly c. gen., τῆς γῆς
Id. Rh. 151
, cf. Pl. Cra. 403e , etc.
2. as an honorary title,εὐ. βασιλέος ἀνεγράφηwas registered as the King'sbenefactor, Hdt. 8.85 , cf. 3.140 ;πρόξεινος καὶ εὐ. Id. 8.136 , cf. IG 12.82 , X. HG 6.1.4 , etc.; μέγιστος εὐ. παρ' ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράψῃ
Pl. Grg. 506c
, cf. Lys. 20.19 , etc.; οἱ ἐξουσιασταὶ αὐτῶν εὐ. καλοῦνται
Ev.Luc. 22.25
: conferred on kings and emperors, as Antigonus, Inscr.Prien. 2.6
(iv B. C.);ὁ παντὸς κόσμου σωτὴρ καὶ εὐ, of Trajan, IG 12(1).978 (Carpathos);σὺ ὁ εὐ., mode of address to a superior, POxy. 38.13
(i A. D.), 486.27
(ii A. D.), etc.