προσφορ-ά, ἡ,
(προσφέρω) bringing to, applying, τῶν κλιμάκων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.16.7 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; application, use, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 638c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 presenting, offering, [[[prev. work] 792a ] Refs]; οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. shewbread, [[ LXX.3Ki.7.48. ] LXX]
__II (from passive) that which is added, increase, τῶν ἡμαρτημένων ἄκη μέν ἐστι π. δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἔτι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1270 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; bounty, benefit, [[[prev. work] 581 ] Refs]; wedding present, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; offering, [[ LXX.Psa.39(40).7, +others, NT.Act.21.26: _plural_, [prev. work] 24.17, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 11.4.1, “Stud.Pal.” 1.7.27 (5th c.AD), etc.] LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]; offerings for the dead, [[ “PMonac.” 8.5, 23 (6th c.AD), “PLond.” 5.1708.62 (6th c.AD)] Refs 6th c.AD+]; deed of gift, especially of donatio propter nuptias, Mitteis [[ “Chr.” 288.8 (2nd c.AD), “PTeb.” 351.1 (2nd c.AD), “PRyl.” 155.20 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 income, revenue, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator “fragment” 31, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.8.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III (from middle) taking of food, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Somno et Vigilia” 458a22, “Metaphorical” 1000a14, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.9.4, 8.4.4, “Od.” 5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ ὑγροῦ π. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 671a13; πόσεις καὶ -φοραί 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.129e. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]