STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: προνοέω

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προνοέω,

perceive before, foresee, δόλον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.526, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.63; προνοῆσαι βραδεῖς τὰ.. ἀποβησόμενα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; τὸ μέλλον ἔσεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 291a24 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; προνοῶν ὅτι ἀνάγκη ἔσοιτο foreseeing that.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of divine foreknowledge, θεῖος νοῦς νοεῖ μὲν ὡς νοῦς, προνοεῖ δὲ ὡς θεός [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 134, compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.8.2. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]

__b preconceive, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 26. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]

__II think of or plan beforehand, provide, οὐ.. τι πάρα προνοῆσαι ἄμεινον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.364 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to μετανοέω, [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 280 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸ παραγγελλόμενον attend to it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be on one's guard, take precautions, ὥρα προνοεῖν πρὶν πελάσαι στρατόν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 289; περαιτέρω π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.43; π. καὶ προβουλεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.10.3: followed by _relative_ ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, π. ὅπως.. provide, take care that.., [[ [prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 4.1 ] Refs]; π. μὴ.., or ὡς μὴ.., cavere ne.., [[ [prev. author] “Oec.” 9.11, “Cyr.” 1.6.24 ] Refs]; π. ὅτι.. pay due regard to the fact that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

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__B Attic dialect writers (also Inscrr. and Papyrus, see below) prefer middle προνοοῦμαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.9, etc. (so also 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.33, “Mem.” 4.3.12)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσομαι[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 43, “IG” 22.1035.18, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.90, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist προὐνοησάμην [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 399, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 421, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Prose mostly προὐνοήθην, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 395c, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.29, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.46, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.64, “PSI” 3.166.34 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+] (used in passive sense by [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.404, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.632)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect προνενόημαι [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.48.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.69 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] (but infinitive πεπρονοῆσθαι [[ 17.23), etc.] Refs]—The sense and construction are the same as in the active: provide, ταῦτα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.61, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator [same place], 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.64, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδέν Pl.[same place]; οἰκίδιόν τινι [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.23; τὰ συμφέροντα ὑπὲρ τῶν μελλόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” [same place]: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.29, etc.; π. περὶ τούτων [prev. work]37; ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ τῆς πόλεως [prev. author] 26.15, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, take care to do, E.[same place], [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator [same place] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. μή with infinitive, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.135 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ὅπως.. [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.41; ὅτι.. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.16.1; ἵνα.. “Inscription Prien.” 27.12 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]