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συνήγορος

συνήγορος, speaking with, of the same tenor with; advocate

συνήγορ-ος (Aeol., etc. συνάγορος [ᾱ] IG 12(2).526b28 (Eresus, iv B.C.), etc.), ον, (ἀγορά)
  • speaking with, of the same tenor with, μαντεῖα καινὰ τοῖς πάλαι ξ. S. Tr. 1165:—as Subst., one who agrees with another, συνήγορόν μʼ ἔχεις A. Ag. 831.
    • II advocate, ἐάν τις . . σ. ὢν λαμβάνῃ χρήματα ἐπὶ ταῖς δίκαις ταῖς ἰδίαις ἢ δημοσίαις Lex ap. D. 46.26:
      • 1 public advocate, chosen by the state, e.g. at Athens, to defend laws against proposed changes before the νομοθέται, D. 24.36; or to conduct public prosecutions, Ar. Ach. 715 (troch.), Eq. 1358, V. 482 (troch.), Decr. ap. Plu. VOrat. 2.833f; also ten appointed by lot annually to represent the state at the εὔθυναι of magistrates, Arist. Ath. 54.2; two appointed by εἰσαγωγεῖς in connexion with assessments of tribute, IG 1(2).63.8 (dub.); in Boeotia the magistrates in charge of the εὔθυναι were called συνήγοροι, ib. 7.303.26 (Oropus), cf. Arist. Pol. 1322b11.
        • b σ. τοῦ ἱερωτάτου ταμιείου, = Lat. advocatus fisci, Ath.Mitt. 25.124 (Lydia, ii/iii A.D.); σ. τοῦ ἐν Φρυγίᾳ ταμιείου καὶ τοῦ ἐν Ἀσίᾳ IGRom. 4.819 (Hierapolis).
      • 2 private advocate, D. 21.127, 59.14.

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