εὐεργέτ-ης
(Thess. εὐϝεργέτας [[ “IG” 9(2).257.5 (5th c.BC))] Refs 5th c.BC+], ου, ὁ, benefactor, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.24, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 284 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι to one, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.30, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1252 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: more commonly with genitive, τῆς γῆς [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 151, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 403e, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 as an honorary title, εὐ. βασιλέος ἀνεγράφη was registered as the King's benefactor, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.85, compare 3.140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόξεινος καὶ εὐ. [[ [prev. author] 8.136, compare “IG” 12.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.4, etc.; μέγιστος εὐ. παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράψῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 506c, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.19, etc.; οἱ ἐξουσιασταὶ αὐτῶν εὐ. καλοῦνται NT.Luke.22.25 ] NT+5th c.BC+]: conferred on kings and emperors, as Antigonus, [[ “Inscription Prien.” 2.6 (4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ παντὸς κόσμου σωτὴρ καὶ εὐ, of Trajan, [[ “IG” 12(1).978 (from Carpathos)] Refs]; σὺ ὁ εὐ., mode of address to a superior, [[ “POxy.” 38.13 (1st c.AD), 486.27 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II as adjective, beneficent, bountiful, ἀνήρ [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.94, compare “P.” 4.30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]