A.adviser, counsellor, in public or private affairs, Hdt.5.24, 7.50, S.Ph. 1321, Th.3.42, IG22.832.16 (iii B.C.), PMich.Zen.57.6 (iii B.C.), Ep.Rom.11.34, etc.; “ς. πονηρός” Antipho 5.71: as fem., X.HG3.1.13: c. gen. pers., one's adviser, A.Pers.175 (troch.), Ar.Th.921, etc.: c. dat., καί μοι γενοῦ ξ. Id.Nu.1481, cf. X.Smp.8.39; “μωρίᾳ ξ. τοῦ κασιγνήτου” E.Hel.1019, cf. Isoc.2.43: also c. gen. rei, “ς. λόγου τοῦδέ μοι γένεσθε” A.Pers.170 (troch.); “τῆς ἀρχῆς . . ξυμβούλοισιν . . ὑμῖν χρήσωμαι” Ar.Ec.518 (anap.); “τῶνδε σύμβουλοι πέρι” A.Ch.86, cf. Pl.Prt. 319b; “ὑπέρ τινος” Isoc.1.35: ξύμβουλός εἰμι,= συμβουλεύω, advise, c. inf., A.Eu.712, cf. Pl.Lg.930e: opp. συκοφάντης, D.18.189.
II. as a title,
1. at Athens, the θεσμοθέται were empowered to appoint σύμβουλοι (perh. in a private capacity), Id.58.27.
2. at Sparta, a board of advisers sent with the general, Th.5.63.
3. officers at Thurii, Arist.Pol.1307b14.
4. = Lat. legatus, Plb.6.35.4; also used to expl. Lat. con-sul, D.H.4.76.