προστατήριος

A. standing before, δεῖμα π. καρδίας fear hovering before, or lording it over, my heart, A. Ag. 976 (lyr.).

II. standing before, protecting, of Artemis, Id. Th. 449; of Apollo as the tutelary god or (acc. to Hsch., Phot.) from his statue standing before the doors, S. El. 637, Orac. ap. D. 21.52, IG 22.674.6, al.; π. θεοί CIG 3530 (Cyme).

III. ὁ Π. (sc. μήν), a Boeot, month, Plu. 2.655e.