A.benefactor, Pi.P.2.24, S.Ant.284; τινι to one, Hdt.6.30, E.HF1252: more commonly c. gen., “τῆς γῆς” Id.Rh.151, cf. Pl.Cra.403e, etc.
2. as an honorary title, εὐ. βασιλέος ἀνεγράφη was registered as the King's benefactor, Hdt.8.85, cf. 3.140; πρόξεινος καὶ εὐ. Id.8.136, cf. IG12.82, X.HG6.1.4, etc.; “μέγιστος εὐ. παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράψῃ” Pl.Grg.506c, cf. Lys.20.19, etc.; “οἱ ἐξουσιασταὶ αὐτῶν εὐ. καλοῦνται” Ev.Luc.22.25: conferred on kings and emperors, as Antigonus, Inscr.Prien.2.6 (iv B. C.); ὁ παντὸς κόσμου σωτὴρ καὶ εὐ, of Trajan, IG12(1).978 (Carpathos); σὺ ὁ εὐ., mode of address to a superior, POxy.38.13 (i A. D.), 486.27 (ii A. D.), etc.