προ-κοπή, ἡ,
progress on a journey, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.76d. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 generally, progress, advance, τὴν οἴησιν ἔλεγε προκοπῆς ἐγκοπήν that opinionforming was the stoppage of progress, [[ 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.50 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. σχεῖν, ποιεῖσθαι, λαμβάνειν, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.37.10, 2.13.1, 8.15.6; ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον π. [prev. author] 1.12.7; opposed to ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον π. 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 4.4.1 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; frequently of moral progress, [[ Stoic. 3.31, +others] Refs]; παλίντροπος π. progress in a contrary direction, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.16.9; ἐν παιδείᾳ π. LXX.Sir.51.17 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; proficiency, ἐν τοῖς λόγοις [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 107; ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.6, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 15.16; π. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου NT.Phil.1.12; τὸ ἐπιστρέφειν προϊέναι ἐστί, π. γάρ τις, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰτίου 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 77 ] NT+1st c.BC+]; improvement in health, [[ 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.8.17: _plural_, προκοπὰς λαμβάνειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.47.12, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.54 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.83, +others, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.2.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.75b, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 22; ἐν προκοπαῖς “epigram Gr.” 321.6, “Arch.Papyrus” 1.220 (from Egypt), compare “IG” 14.1976 (from Rome)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν μείζοσι προκοπαῖς [[ “PRyl.” 233.16 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]