εὐεργέτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εὐϝεργέτᾱς (euwergétās) — Thessalian

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) +‎ ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.er.ɡé.tɛːs/ → /e.βerˈʝe.tis/ → /e.verˈʝe.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.er.ɡé.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.werˈɡe.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βerˈʝe.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.verˈʝe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.verˈʝe.tis/

Noun

εὐεργέτης • (euergétēs) m (genitive εὐεργέτου); first declension

1. A benefactor, euergetist (sometimes as honorary title)

   Synonym: (female equivalent) εὐεργέτῐς (euergétĭs, “benefactress”)

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:εὐεργέτης.

Declension

First declension of ὁ εὐεργέτης; τοῦ εὐεργέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εὐεργέτης ho euergétēs	τὼ εὐεργέτᾱ tṑ euergétā	οἱ εὐεργέται hoi euergétai
Genitive	τοῦ εὐεργέτου toû euergétou	τοῖν εὐεργέταιν toîn euergétain	τῶν εὐεργετῶν tôn euergetôn
Dative	τῷ εὐεργέτῃ tôi euergétēi	τοῖν εὐεργέταιν toîn euergétain	τοῖς εὐεργέταις toîs euergétais
Accusative	τὸν εὐεργέτην tòn euergétēn	τὼ εὐεργέτᾱ tṑ euergétā	τοὺς εὐεργέτᾱς toùs euergétās
Vocative	εὐεργέτᾰ euergétă	εὐεργέτᾱ euergétā	εὐεργέται euergétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• εὐεργεσίᾱ (euergesíā)
• εὐεργής (euergḗs)

Descendants

• → French: évergète
• Greek: ευεργέτης (evergétis)

Further reading

• “εὐεργέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐεργέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐεργέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “εὐεργέτας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2110 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • benefactor idem, page 73.
  • well-doer idem, page 974.