euergeteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek εὐεργέτης (euergétēs). Doublet of Euergetes.

Compare aesthete, exegete or archegete.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈjuː.əˌdʒiːt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈju.ɚˌdʒit/

名詞

euergete (plural euergetes)

1. A benefactor.

   Synonym: euergetist

   • 1997, Pauline Schmitt Pantel, “Public Feasts in the Hellenistic Greek City: Forms and Meanings”, in Per Bilde, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, Lise Hannestad, Jan Zahle, editors, Conventional Values of the Hellenistic Greeks‎, Aarhus University Press, page 31:

     For instance, a law from Koressos lists in detail the duties of an euergete […]

   • 1999, Garrett G. Fagan, Bathing in Public in the Roman World‎, page 175:

     […] the euergete had available a greater variety of possibilities than was the case with many public buildings.

   • 2009, James F. D. Frakes, Framing Public Life: The Portico in Roman Gaul‎, page 23:

     […] the euergete’s success.

   • 2011, The Sacred Law of Andania, page 15:

     […] the euergete was called hierophant as an honorific nod to his efforts in providing instruction about the cult.

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