σύμβουλ-ος, ὁ,
adviser, counsellor, in public or private affairs, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24, 7.50, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1321, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, “IG” 22.832.16 (3rd c.BC), “PMich.Zen.” 57.6 (3rd c.BC), NT.Rom.11.34, etc.; σ. πονηρός 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.71: as _feminine_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.13 ] NT+5th c.BC+]: with genitive person, one's adviser, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 175 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 921, etc.: with _dative_, καί μοι γενοῦ ξ. [prev. author] “Nu.” 1481, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.39; μωρίᾳ ξ. τοῦ κασιγνήτου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1019, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.43: also with _genitive_ _of things_, σ. λόγου τοῦδέ μοι γένεσθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 170 (troch.); τῆς ἀρχῆς.. ξυμβούλοισιν.. ὑμῖν χρήσωμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 518 (_anapaest meter_); τῶνδε σύμβουλοι πέρι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 86, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319b; ὑπέρ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.35: ξύμβουλός εἰμι,= συμβουλεύω] Refs 5th c.BC+], advise, with infinitive, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 712, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 930e: opposed to συκοφάντης, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.189. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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__II.1 at Athens, the θεσμοθέται were empowered to appoint σύμβουλοι (perhaps in a private capacity), [[ [prev. author] 58.27. ] Refs]