πρόστᾰτ-ις, ιδος,
fem. of προστάτης, ἐὰν . . θέληθ’ ὁμοῦ προστάτισι ταῖς σεμναῖσι . . θεαῖς (Dind. for ἐὰν . . θέλητέ μου πρὸς ταῖσι ταῖς ς .) S. OC 458; προστάτιν ἐπιγράφεσθαί τινα Luc. Bis Acc. 29; ὁ δῆμος ἀρχὴν ἑαυτοῦ π. ἀπέφηνε καὶ ἐκάλεσε δημαρχίαν App. BC 1.1; νύμφαις ὑδάτων προστάτισιν Porph. Antr. 12, cf. 18, Luc. Charid. 10; τὴν ἰδίαν π ., of Rhea, prob. in CIG 6835 (inc. loc.); π. τοῦ Ἀνούβεως PMag.Osl. 1.338 .
G4368 — προστάτις
προστατιδος, ἡ (feminine of the noun προστάτης, from προΐστημι);
a. properly, a woman set over others.
b. a female guardian, protectress, patroness, caring for the affairs of others and aiding them with her resources (A. V. succourer): [Rom 16:2]; cf. Passow on the word and under προστάτης at the end; (Schürer, Die Gemeindeverfassung der Juden in Rom, as above with (Leip. 1879), p. 31; Heinrici, Die Christengemeinde Korinths, in Hilgenfeld's Zeitschr. for 1876, p. 517f).