ἐπίτροπ-ος, ον,
(ἐπιτρέπω) one to whom the charge of anything is entrusted, steward, trustee, administrator, c.genitive of things, τῶν ἑωυτοῦ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108; τῶν οἰκίων [prev. author] 3.63: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 12.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.78, 27.19, NT.Luke.8.3, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; steward, messman, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.35: _metaphorically_, τῶν [τοῦ Πρωταγόρου] ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 165a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 = Latin procurator, Καίσαρος ἐ. [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.4.20, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.813e, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐ. Σεβαστοῦ, -τῶν, [[ “OG” 1502.10 (Aezani, 2nd c.AD), 501.2 (Tralles, 2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. τῆς Ἠπείρου [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.4.1; τῶν μετάλλων “OG” 1678.5 (Egypt, 2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 governor, viceroy, οἱ ἐ. τῆς Μέμφιος, Μιλήτου ἐ., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.27, 5.30, compare 106. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 executor, [[ PPetr. 3p.9, +others(3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II c.genitive person, trustee, guardian, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.76, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.80, etc.; ἐ. τινι παίδων 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 42: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 924b, etc.; ὑπὸ ἐπιτρόπους εἶναι NT.Gal.4.2; καθιστάναι ἐ. “PRyl.” 153.18 (2nd c.AD)] NT+5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, guardian, protector, θεὸς ἐ. ἐών [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.106. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]