εὐεργέτ-ης (Thess.
εὐϝεργέτας [
Refs 5th c.BC+], ου, ὁ,
benefactor, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι to one, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: more commonly with
genitive, τῆς γῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) as an honorary title, εὐ. βασιλέος ἀνεγράφη was registered as the King's
benefactor, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόξεινος καὶ εὐ. [
NT+5th c.BC+]: conferred on kings and emperors, as Antigonus, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ παντὸς κόσμου σωτὴρ καὶ εὐ, of Trajan, [
Refs]; σὺ ὁ εὐ, mode of address to a superior, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II) as
adjective,
beneficent, bountiful, ἀνήρ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]