προστάτης

From the root of προΐστημι (proḯstēmi, “to stand in front”) + -της (-tēs)

προστάτης • (prostátēs) m (genitive προστάτου); first declension

1. front ranksman
2. chief, leader, president, ruler
3. protector, guard, champion, patron
4. suppliant
5. (Koine, anatomy) prostate (gland)

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• προστατέω (prostatéō)
• προστατεύω (prostateúō)

• → Belarusian: праста́та (prastáta)
• → Coptic: ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲧⲏⲥ (prostatēs)
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• → Medieval Latin: prostata (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: простата (prostata)
• → Russian: проста́та (prostáta)

• προστάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• προστάτης - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “προστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • champion idem, page 123.
  • chief idem, page 129.
  • defender idem, page 204.
  • guard idem, page 376.
  • guardian idem, page 377.
  • leader idem, page 482.
  • lord idem, page 500.
  • party leader idem, page 595.
  • patron idem, page 599.
  • president idem, page 637.
  • prince idem, page 641.
  • protector idem, page 653.
  • representative idem, page 698.
  • service idem, page 755.
  • suppliant idem, page 840.
  • upholder idem, page 938.
  • warder idem, page 964.

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• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈsta.tis/

προστάτης • (prostátis) m (plural προστάτες, feminine προστάτιδα)

1. protector
2. pimp
3. (anatomy) prostate

• see: προστασία f (prostasía, “protection”)

→ Aromanian: prustat

• (prostate): προστάτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• προστάτης - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.