Apollo
As a protector and founder, Apollo had the epithets Alexicacus (/@,leks'keIk@s/ @-LEK-si-KAY-k@s; Alexikakos, Alexikakos, literally "warding off evil"), Apotropaeus (/@,patr@'pi:@s/ @-POT-r@-PEE-@s; Apotropaios, Apotropaios, from apotrepein, "to avert"), and Epicurius (/,ep'kjUri@s/ EP-i-KEWR-ee-@s; Epikourios, Epikourios, from epikoureein, "to aid"), and Archegetes (/a:r'kedZ@ti:z/ ar-KEJ-@-teez; Arkhegetes, Arkhegetes, literally "founder"), Clarius (/'klaeri@s/ KLARR-ee-@s; Klarios, Klarios, from Doric klaros, "allotted lot"), and Genetor (/'dZent@r/ JEN-i-t@r; Genetor, Genetor, literally "ancestor"). To the Romans, he was known in this capacity as Averruncus (/,aev@'r^NGk@s/ AV-@r-RUNG-k@s; from Latin averruncare, "to avert"). He was also called Agyieus (/@'dZaI.ju:s/ @-GWEE-ews; Aguieus, Aguieus, from aguia, "street") for his role in protecting roads and homes; and Nomius (/'noUmi@s/ NOH-mee-@s; Nomios, Nomios, literally "pastoral") and Nymphegetes (/nIm'fedZti:z/ nim-FEJ-i-teez; Numphegetes, Numphegetes, from Numphe, "Nymph", and egetes, "leader") for his role as a protector of shepherds and pastoral life.
What word literally means "warding off evil?"
Alexicacus
As a protector and founder, Apollo had the epithets Alexicacus (/@,leks'keIk@s/ @-LEK-si-KAY-k@s; Alexikakos, Alexikakos, literally "warding off evil"), Apotropaeus (/@,patr@'pi:@s/ @-POT-r@-PEE-@s; Apotropaios, Apotropaios, from apotrepein, "to avert"), and Epicurius (/,ep'kjUri@s/ EP-i-KEWR-ee-@s; Epikourios, Epikourios, from epikoureein, "to aid"), and Archegetes (/a:r'kedZ@ti:z/ ar-KEJ-@-teez; Arkhegetes, Arkhegetes, literally "founder"), Clarius (/'klaeri@s/ KLARR-ee-@s; Klarios, Klarios, from Doric klaros, "allotted lot"), and Genetor (/'dZent@r/ JEN-i-t@r; Genetor, Genetor, literally "ancestor").
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