ἐπιτροπεία

A. charge, guardianship, τινός over one, Pl. Phdr. 239e, Arist. Pol. 1271b25, Plb. 15.25a.27, cf. Lys. Fr. 43 ; τὴν ἐ. τινὸς λαβεῖν D.H. 4.33, etc.

II. office of a Roman procurator, τοῖς κατ’ ἐπιτροπείας παρ’ ἐμοῦ ἀπεσταλμένοις PFay. 20.17 (Imperial edict, iii/iv A.D.) ; τῶν ἐθνῶν Them. Or. 8.117a(pl.).