προίξ,προικός, ἡ(on the accentv.
Arc. 125 , An.Ox. 3.243 ; Ion. accus.πρόϊκαacc. to EM 495.33 ),
A. gift, present,in Hom. only gen.προικός,asAdv.,ἀργαλέον ἕνα προικὸς χαρίσασθαιburdensome is it for a single person to giveof his bounty, without reimbursement,
Od. 13.15 ;ἔμελλεν . . προικὸς γεύσεσθαι Ἀχαιῶνwaslikely to make trial of the Achaeanswith impunity,
17.413 (unlessπ. γ. =taste thegift).
2. after Hom. ,marriage-porlion, dowry,
Hippon. (?) 72 , And. 4.14 , Lys. 19.9 , Pl. Lg. 774c , al.;ἐν τῇ προικὶ τετιμημέναreckonedas part of the dowry,
D. 47.57 ; ἀποτετιμημένα προικὸς τῇ διοδώρου θυγατρί
IG 22.2675
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II. acc.προῖκαasAdv.,as a free gift, freely, at one's own cost,
Ar. Eq. 577 , 679 , Nu. 1426 ; π. ἐργάζεσθαι
Pl. R. 346e