ἐπίκουρος

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + an unattested word, perhaps deriving from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-, with cognates such as Latin currō.

ἐπίκουρος • (epíkouros) m or f (neuter ἐπίκουρον); second declension

1. assisting, aiding
2. defending
3. (masculine substantive) helper, ally, assister
4. (masculine substantive) mercenary, hireling

• “ἐπίκουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίκουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐπίκουρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπίκουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπίκουρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπίκουρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aider idem, page 20.
  • ally idem, page 25.
  • assistant idem, page 46.
  • assisting idem, page 46.
  • auxiliary idem, page 54.
  • epicurus idem, page 279.
  • helper idem, page 395.
  • helping idem, page 396.
  • subsidiary idem, page 832.