προβῐβ-άζω,
future -άσω[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 58.23 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+], Attic dialect προβῐβῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1570:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — causal of προβαίνω, cause to step forward, lead on, τινα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 180 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖ προβιβᾷς ἡμᾶς ποτ; to what point, how far do you mean to carry us ? Ar.[same place]; τινὰ εἰς ἀρετήν, εἰς ἐγκράτειαν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕως Μακεδονίας τὴν ἀρχήν extend it.., [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.3 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; push on, οὐδὲν ἠδύνατο π. τῶν ἔργων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.100.1 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be developed, improved, of machines, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 74.4. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 push forward, advance, τὸ ὑπερκείμενον τοῦ κρημνοῦ (by building a wall) [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.78 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; exalt, τὴν πατρίδα [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.10.4 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τινὰ ἐς τὰς ἀρχάς promote him, D.C.[same place]; δύναμιν [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.40 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 teach, τινάς τι [[ LXX.Deu.6.7, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 36 (uncertain)] LXX+1st c.AD+]; put forward as a representative, [[ NT.Act.19.33 (variant)] NT]:— passive, to be instructed or egged on, ὑπὸ τῆς μητρός [[ NT.Matt.14.8. ] NT]
__II intransitive, ={προβαίνω}, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.44.1, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.231 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]