ἐπιτροπ-ή, ἡ,
reference, especially to an arbiter in decision of a law-suit, ἠξίουν δίκης ἐπιτροπὴν σφίσι γενέσθαι ἢ ἐς πόλιν τινὰ ἢ ἰδιώτην [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐ. τούτῳ πρὸς Παρμένοντα γέγονε [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.23; εἰς ἐ. ἔρχεσθαι [prev. work]14; ἡ ἐ. ἐγένετό μοι [prev. work]16; τὴν ἐ. λῦσαι [prev. passage]; ἀνέντες τὴν ἐ.] Refs 4th c.BC+] having declined it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, power to decide, ἐ. διδόναι τινὶ περί τινος [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 17, compare “Schwyzer” 195.10 (Crete (from Delos), 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδόναι τῇ συγκλήτῳ τὴν ἐ. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.39.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; διδόναι ἑαυτοὺς εἰς ἐ., or τὴν ἐ. διδόναι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν, Latin dedere se in fidem, to surrender absolutely, [[ [prev. author] 2.11.8, 15.8.14, etc.] Refs]; ἐ. λαβεῖν εἰς τὸ διαλῦσαι to receive full powers to treat, [[ [prev. author] 3.15.7, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.45, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.47; μετ᾽ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐ. NT.Act.26.12. ] NT+1st c.BC+]
__II guardianship, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 924b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιτροπῆς κατάστασις, διαδικασία, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 56.6; ἀποχὴ τῆς ἐ. “POxy.” 898.24 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπιτροπῆς δικάζεσθαι, of an action brought by a ward against a guardian, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 27; καταγιγνώσκειν τὴν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.58; ἐπιτροπῆς κρίνειν τινά 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.844c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]