συνηγορία

A. advocacy of another's cause, Aeschin. 3.7 (pl.); μετὰ ‐ίας ἐπιρρωννύντες Phld. Ir. p.65 W.; εἰς τὴν ‐ίαν τοῦ ἴδια πάθη γίνεσθαι γυναικῶν Sor. 2.3, cf. Gal. 15.578; right to practise as an advocate, PGiss. 40 ii 4 (iii A.D.): pl., περὶ τῶν συμμάχων Arist. Rh. Al. 1425a7, cf. OGI 567.19 (Attalia, ii A.D.), CIG 2795 (Aphrodisias).
2. ἡ συνηγορία τοῦ τι εἶναι the affirmative, A.D. Synt. 235.13.
3. ἀπὸ ‐ῶν ταμείου sometime advocatus fisci, IG 3.712a.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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