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Ἐπικουìρειος

From Ἐπιìκουρος Epikouros (compare G1947)

ἐπίκουρ-ος, ὁ,

I

1. helper, ally, Hom. only in Il., mostly in pl. of the barbarian allies of Troy, Τρῶες.. ἠδ' ἐ. 2.815; Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδ' ἐ. 3.456,al., cf. Hdt. 2.152, 3.91, al.

2.. mercenary troops, opp. citizen-soldiers, ἐπικούρους προσμισθοῦσθαι Th. 2.33, cf. Hdt. 1.154, 2.163, 3.145, Lys. 12.94, X. HG 7.1.12, etc.; ἀπὸ Ἀρκαδίας ἐπίκουροι Hermipp. 63.18; used as body-guard by tyrants, Hdt. 1.64, 6.39, Th. 6.55, 58.

3.. οἱ ἐ. the guards, the military class in Plato's Republic, R. 414b, 415a, 545d.

II. as Adj.,

1. assisting, aiding, c. dat. pers., Ἀφροδίτη ἦλθεν Αρῃ ἐπίκουρος Il. 21.431; βῆναι ἐ. τινι Pi. O. 13.97; ταῖς νήσοις ἐ. Ar. Eq. 1319; τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἐ. Th. 3.67: c. gen. pers., ἐπίκουρε βροτῶν their defender, h. Mart. 9; τῶν ἀνθρώπων, of Eros, Pl. Smp. 189d: abs., patron, protector, δεσπότης ἐ. X. Cyr. 7.5.61.

2.. c. gen. rei, defending or protecting against, νόσου E. Or. 211 (troch.); πῦρ ἐ. ψύχους, σκότους, X. Mem. 4.3.7; Λαβδακίδαις ἐ. θανάτων protecting them against deaths, S. OT 496 (lyr.); πατρὶ αἱμάτων ἐ. E. El. 138 (lyr.).