προστᾰτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
(προΐστημι) one who stands before, front-rank man, falsa lectio for{πρωτοστάτης} in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.41, “Eq.Mag.” 2.2, 6:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —but elsewhere,
__II leader, chief, especially of a democracy, προστάτεω ἐπιλαβέσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.127, 5.23; οἱ π. τοῦ δήμου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75, 4.46, 66 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ τῶν δήμων π. [[ [prev. author] 3.82; ὁ π. Κλέων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 569, compare “Eq.” 1128 (Lyric poetry); μεταβολὴ ἐκ προστάτου ἐπὶ τύραννον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Σόλων] πρῶτος τοῦ δήμου π. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 2.2, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 generally, ruler, opposed to ἀστοί, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 963; Καδμείων [prev. author] “Th.” 1031; Κνωσίων 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.9.3; Μολοσσῶν “GDI” 1334 (Epirus, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χώρας, χθονός, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 964, “IA” 373 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς Ἑλλάδος προστάται, of the Spartans, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.103, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοῦ ἐμπορίου, of Greeks in Egypt, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.178; τοῦ πολέμου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προστάται τῆς εἰρήνης its chief authors, [[ [prev. author] “HG” 5.1.36 ] Refs]; τῆς πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιμελείας π. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.78 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; administrator, τῆς κεχωρισμένης προσόδου [[ “PTeb.” 81.19 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; [τοῦ ἱεροῦ] [[ “OGI” 531.3 (Bithynia, 3rd c.AD); θεᾶς [prev. work]209.4 (Philae, 3rd c.AD),compare “Ostr.” 412, +others (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically, ἔρως π. τῶν ἀργῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 572e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]