προστᾰτ-ήριος, α, ον, 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, IG22.674.6, al.; π. θεοί CIG3530 (Cyme). III. ὁ Π. (sc. μήν), a Boeot, month, Plu.2.655e.