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  "headword": "πρόξενος",
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          "definition": "<i>public ξένος,</i> <i>public guest</i> or <i>friend,</i> made so by an act of the State: Alexander I of Macedon was π. καὶ εὐεργέτης of Athens, Hdt. 8.136, cf. 143; πρόξενοι ἀμφικτιόνων Pi. I. 4(3).8; εἶναι πρόξενον τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Ἀθηναίων Στράτωνα τὸν Σιδῶνος βασιλέα καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκγόνους IG 2(2).141.9; πρόξενοι καὶ πολῖται Lys. 28.1; esp. of persons representing the interests of a foreign state in their own community, Pl. Lg. 642b, etc.; opp. φιδιόξενος (q. v.), IG 9(1).333.11 ( Locr., v B. C.); of π. of Athens in other states, Pindar at Thebes, Isoc. 15.166; Thucydides at Pharsalus, Th. 8.92; π. τῆς πόλεως, i.e. of Athens at Mytilene, Arist. Pol. 1304a10; of other states at Athens, Cimon and Callias of Sparta, And. 3.3, X. HG 5.4.22; Nicias of Syracuse, D.S. 13.27; Thraso of Thebes, Aeschin. 3.138; ὅσους γέγραφε προξένους εἶναι καὶ Ἀθηναίους Din. 1.45; of other states at Sparta, e.g. Lichas of Argos, Th. 5.76; Clearchus of Byzantium, X. HG 1.1.35; π. of barbarian communities and rulers, Id. An. 5.4.2, 5.6.11; sts. the function was exercised by a community, εἶμεν τὰν πόλιν τῶν Δελφῶν πρόξενον τᾶς πόλιος τᾶς Σαρδιανῶν . . διὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχειν πρόξενον Σαρδιανοῖς SIG 548.10 ( Delph., iii B. C.).",
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                "quote": "πρόξενοι ἀμφικτιόνων",
                "ref": "Pi. I. 4(3).8",
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                "quote": "εἶναι πρόξενον τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Ἀθηναίων Στράτωνα τὸν Σιδῶνος βασιλέα καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκγόνους",
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                "quote": "πρόξενοι καὶ πολῖται",
                "ref": "Lys. 28.1",
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                "quote": "ὅσους γέγραφε προξένους εἶναι καὶ Ἀθηναίους",
                "ref": "Din. 1.45",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "εἶμεν τὰν πόλιν τῶν Δελφῶν πρόξενον τᾶς πόλιος τᾶς Σαρδιανῶν . . διὰ τὸ μὴ ὑπάρχειν πρόξενον Σαρδιανοῖς",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>patrons</i> or <i>representatives</i> of guilds, e.g. the σύνοδος τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Ξενίου at Athens, IG 2(2).1012.18, cf.7.2486 ( Thebes), 14.615 ( Rhegium).",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Hdt. 6.57; also at Delphi, of persons extending public hospitality, E. Ion 551, 1039, Andr. 1103; so in Nephelococcygia, Ar. Av. 1021.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>witnesses</i> to a will, IG 14.636 ( Petelia).",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>patron, protector,</i> A. Supp. 420 (lyr.), al., Ar. Th. 602; φίλης γὰρ π. κατήνυσαν at the house of a kind <i>patroness,</i> i.e. Clytaemnestra, S. El. 1451; προξένῳ χρῆσθαί τινι E. Fr. 721.",
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                    "quote": "προξένῳ χρῆσθαί τινι",
                    "ref": "E. Fr. 721",
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            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Adj., <i>assisting, relieving,</i> c. gen., Alciphr. 3.72.",
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              "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>causing, producing,</i> κακῶν, συμπτωμάτων, νόσων, Ruf. Fr. 64, Olymp. in Mete. 3.21, Sch. Ar. Nu. 243.",
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