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tutelary

tutelary
adj.
P. and V. σωτήριος, V. προστᾰτήριος, ἀ̆λεξητήριος.
Protecting a country, as epithet of some god:
Ar. and P. πολιοῦχος (Plat.), P. and V. ἑστιοῦχος (Plat. also Ar.), V. δημοῦχος, πολισσοῦχος.
Be tutelary of
v.: P. and V. ἔχειν (acc.) (Dem. 274), P. λαγχάνειν (acc.) (Plat.), Ar. and V. προστᾰτεῖν (gen.), ἐπισκοπεῖν (acc.), V. ἀμφέπειν (acc.).
Tutelary guardian,
subs.: P. and V. ἐπίσκοπος, ὁ or ἡ (Plat.).
The neighbouring fields claim Colonus as their tutelary hero:
V. οἱ πλήσιοι γύαι . . . Κολωνὸν εὔχονται σφίσιν ἀρχηγὸν εἶναι (Soph. O. C. 58; cf. Plat. Tim. 21e).

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