προθῡμ-έομαι,
imperfect προὐθυμούμην [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 402b; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] προεθ- (with variant{προθ-}), [[ 5.78, 9.38, also in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Ages..” 2.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 395d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future προθυμήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 74b, “Plt.” 262a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προθυμηθήσομαι variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.17 and 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist προὐθυμήθην [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.6, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 69d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect προτεθύμημαι [[ “Bull.Soc.Alex.” 7.67 ] Refs]:—to be ready, willing, eager to do a thing, with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36, 206, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1119, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1173, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.9, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃς ἂν προθυμεῖσθαι ἐθέλῃ δίκαιος γενέσθαι will show zeal in becoming.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613a, compare “Phd.” 75b, “La.” 186a, etc.; also π. ὅκως.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.91, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91a; π.ὅθως ἂν εὐδαιμονοίης [prev. author] “Ly.” 207e; ὡς ὑστερήσειε.., προεθυμεῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 absolutely (though an infinitive may commonly be supplied), show zeal, exert oneself, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 383, 630, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.86, 9.38, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.22, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be of good cheer, in good spirits, opposed to ἀθυμέω, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 6.2.13. ] Refs]