- προπάτωρ
- προπάτωρ, ορος, ὁ (Pind., Hdt.+; Cass. Dio 44, 37; Lucian, Alex. 43; Ps.-Plut., Mor. 106f; OGI 446, 3; PGiss. 25, 16 [II A.D.]; 3 Macc 2:21 [of God]; TestAbr A 8 p. 85, 28 [Stone p. 18, 28]; TestLevi 9:1; Philo, Op. M. 145; Jos., Ant. 4, 26; 19, 123; Just., A I, 32, 3 and 14 Ἰούδας γὰρ προπάτωρ Ἰουδαίων, ἀφʼ οὗ καὶ τὸ Ἰουδαῖοι καλεῖσθαι ἐσχήκασι=Judah was the ancestor of the Judeans, and fr. him they got to be called Judeans).① primary founder of a family, ancestor, of Abraham as ancestral founder (Jos., Bell. 5, 380) Ro 4:1 (the Cynics call Diogenes προπάτωρ: ADieterich, E. Mithrasliturgie 1903, p. 161, 1).② archetypal founder, ultimate ancestor ὁ τῶν ὅλ]ων δεσπότης ο[ὐκ ἔστ]ι̣ (πατὴρ) ἀλλὰ προπά̣[τωρ κτλ.] Ox 1081 36–38/SJCh 90, 17 (s. WTill TU 60, 5 [’55] p. 57).—DELG s.v. πατήρ. M-M.
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