προχειρ-ίζω,
make πρόχειρος, deliver up, -κεχειρικέναι τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸ (perhaps τῷ) τὴν τιμωρίαν δοῦναι [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, mostly in participle, taken in hand, undertaken, τὸν προκεχειρις μένον λόγον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 643a; προκεχειρισμένα καὶ ἑτοῖμα ἀγαθά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 produce, ὡς ἴδια αὐτοὶ ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν π. [[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 11. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II more frequently in middle προχειρίζομαι, future -χειριοῦμαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 729 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—make ready for oneself, mobilize, προχειριοῦμαι κἀξετάσω τὴν οὐσίαν Ar.[same place]; δύναμιν, στρατόπεδα, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.19, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.16.2, 3.107.10; ἐσθῆτα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 14; τὴν μαλάχην [prev. author] “VH” 2.46 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰς ῥήσεις, τοὺς λογισμούς, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.396c,813d; βιβλίον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.555. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 choose, select, δημαγωγούς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.122; τοὺς τὴν πίστιν.. τηρήσοντας “OGI” 339.46 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γραμματέα κοινὸν ἐκ περιόδου [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.43.1, cf. LXX.Josh.3.12, +others; τινὰ ἐπί τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.13; ἐπί τινι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 58; πρός τι τοὺς ἐπιτηδείους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.44.4 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; appoint, τινὰ δικτάτορα [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.1, compare “IG” 22.1110.14] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, -ισθεὶς.. ἀγωνοθέτης [[ “OGI” 268.4 (Nacrasa, 3rd c.BC),cf. LXX.Dan.3.22, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.106.2, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.27, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 58.20; ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.3.4, cf. Wilcken “Chr.” 12.13 (1st c.BC)] LXX+3rd c.BC+]; -ισθεὶς θεωρός [[ “PCair.Zen.” 341 (a). 25 (3rd c.BC), compare 42.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν στρατηγίαν [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.66, compare “BMus.Inscription” 1044 (from Attaleia), “PTeb.” 27.22 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]