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προΐημι, 3
present προΐει [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.752; _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ] Refs 8th c.BC+]subjunctive προϊῇ (variant [[ 3 _optative_ προΐοι) “hymnus ad Venerem” 152 ] Refs]: imperfect προΐειν, εις, ει, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.326, 336, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.88, 10.100, etc.: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]future προήσω: aorist 1 προῆκα, Epic dialect προέηκα, both in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 2 indicative 3rd.pers. plural πρόεσαν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.399; _optative_ προεῖεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.15 codices; _imperative_ πρόες 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.241 (on the accent, see Hdn.Gr. 2.931)] Refs 8th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. singular προέτω [[ 11.796 ] Refs]; infinitive προέμεν for προεῖναι, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.155 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, aorist 1 προηκάμην [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.78,84, 32.15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: aorist 2 optative πρόοιντο or προοῖντο [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.254, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect προεῖμαι, pluperfect προεῖτο, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator (see. below 11.1)] Refs 4th c.BC+]. [On the quantity, see at {ἵημι}.]:—send forth, send forward, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.195 (tmesis), 326, 336, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially send troops forward, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.22, 27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, send a thing or person to another, ἀγγελίας [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.92; ἐπ᾽ Αἴαντα.. κήρυκα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.342; τῷ κῦδος ἅμα πρόες 16.241: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] frequently with infinitive added to define the action, Ταλθύβιον προΐει.. ἰέναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.118; αἰετὼ.. προέηκε πέτεσθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.147; [οὖρον] προέηκεν ἀῆναι 3.183 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ διδασκέμεναι, μυθήσασθαι, πυθέσθαι, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.442, 11.201, 649; ἑτάρους π. πεύθεσθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.88 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so βασιλευέμεν τοι προήσειν will allow thee to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.166. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2 dismiss, let go, τινα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.398 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τήνδε θεῷ πρόες let her go to the god, i.e. in reverence to him, [[ 1.127. ] Refs]
__3 let loose, let fall, especially thoughtlessly, ἔπος προέηκε let drop a word, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.466; φήμην 20.105 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πηδάλιον ἐκ χειρῶν προέηκε he let the helm slip from his hands, [[ 5.316: with ] Refs]infinitive, πόδα προέηκε φέρεσθαι let slip his foot so that it fell, [[ 19.468. ] Refs]
__4 with direct purpose, cast, of a fisherman, ἐς πόντον π. βοὸς κέρας [[ 12.253. ] Refs]
__5 of missiles, discharge, shoot, ἔγχος, βέλος, ὀϊστόν, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.15, 280, 11.270, 13.662, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀκόντια π. ἐπὶ τὸν νεβρόν falsa lectio in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 of a river, ἐς Πηνειὸν προΐει ὕδωρ it pours its water into the Peneius, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.752, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 37, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 124 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II give up, deliver, betray one to his enemy, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.159, 3.137 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρήματα μέν σφι π. offering to give them.., [[ [prev. author] 1.24, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1214; τὰς ναῦς π. τινί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with an infinitive added, γυναῖκα.. π. ἀπάγεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be given or thrown away, εἰ ταῦτα προεῖτ᾽ ἀκονιτεί [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.200; καιροὶ προεῖνται [prev. author] 19.8, compare 25.10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτίκα ἡδὺ π. αὑτούς devote themselves to.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.76. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B in Prose mostly in middle (not found in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] Refs 8th c.BC+], send forward from oneself, drive forward, τὸν λαγὼ εἰς τὰς ἄρκυς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.10 (assuming variant): with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, τοὺς ἐρῶντας ἵμερος δρᾶν προΐεται forces them on to do, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 149.9 codices 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 of sounds, utter, τὴν φωνήν [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.23, etc.; λόγον 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100c; ῥῆμα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.118 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πᾶσαν φωνήν use all sorts of entreaties, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.84.10, etc.; π. τῶν ἀπορρήτων οὐδὲν οὐδενί [prev. author] 3.20.3, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__B.3 emit, π. γονήν, σπέρμα, κόπρον, βλαστούς, etc.,[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 719b3, 721a30, “HA” 554b1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.12.9, etc.; κλημάτια.. προϊέμενα ῥίζας 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II give up, let go, προέμενον αὐτῇ (i.e. τὴν χεῖρα) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].; give up to the enemy, Κέρκυραν τοῖς Κορινθίοις [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.44, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.72, 21.213 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; abandon, [[ [prev. author] 19.152 ] Refs]; π. σφᾶς αὐτούς gave themselves up as lost, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51; αὑτὸν τοῖς πολεμίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.14; σφᾶς αὐτοὺς καὶ τὰ ὅπλα 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 4.3.4; τὸν βίον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, give up hope, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 8.250a. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__B.II.2 desert, abandon, εἰ τὰ κάτω προοῖντο [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, compare 6.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.10, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδαμῇ προΐενθ᾽ αὑτούς did not lose themselves (i.e. take bribes), [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.139; τι τῶν πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307b4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.3 give away, give freely, ἔρανον τῇ πόλει [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; τὰ ἑαυτῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.52; ὑμῖν οὐδὲν προεῖνται τῶν σφετέρων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.12; ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.114 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐεργεσίαν ἄνευ μισθοῦ without a stipulated fee, leaving it to one's honour, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 520c, compare “Phdr.” 231c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.47 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; give up without payment received, τὴν ἀλλαγήν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 849e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.3.b spend lavishly, μέγεθος χρημάτων οὐδενὶ λόγῳ [[ 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 26.23. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__B.II.3.c pay, in kind or in money, [[ “PHib.” 1.76.2 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 23.18 and 26, 26.12 (2nd c.BC), “PAmh.” 61.11 (2nd c.BC), “SIG” 694.60 (Elaea, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.II.4 throw off, θοἰμάτιον [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.216 (προϊέμενον χλάμυν] Refs 4th c.BC+] is falsa lectio in [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 64). ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__B.II.5 throw away, τὰ ἴδια [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 12.11 codices ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸν καιρόν, τὸ παρόν, [[ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 126, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.9; καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἀεί τι τῶν πραγμάτων [prev. work]14; πολλὰ τῶν κοινῶν [prev. author] 18.134; εἰ οὗτοι χρήματα.. μὴ προοῖντ᾽ ἄν, πῶς ὑμῖν. καλὸν τὸν ὅρκον προέσθα; [prev. author] 21.212; μηδενὸς κέρδους τὰ κοινὰ δίκαια π. [prev. author] 6.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ πατρῷα, τὰ τῆς δημοκρατίας ἰσχυρά, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.173, 234] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόλεων.. ὧν ἦμέν ποτε κύριοι.. προϊεμένους (genitive by attraction of the relative ὧν) [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.2; τὴν ψυχὴν π. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 2.13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, throw away one's advantage, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1398a2, compare “EN” 1114a17 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (less frequently neglect a disadvantage, π. κακόν τι [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 21.27)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; to be lavish, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1366b7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.6 with participle, infinitive, or adjective, ἡμᾶς προέσθαι ἀδικουμένους suffer us to be wronged, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.73, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.7.4; προέμενοι ἀπολέσθαι αὐτούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.35; π. τισὶν ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 16.3, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.23, etc.; π. τὰ ἴδια ἀνομοθέτητα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 780a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τοὺς Ἕλληνας εἰς ὅουλείαν π. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.25, compare 5.15. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.7 suffer to escape, ἐκ τοιούτων τοὺς ὑπεναντίους [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.94.8; τινὰ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως [prev. author] 4.4.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; let pass, διὰ κενῆς τὸν χρόνον [[ [prev. author] 3.70.10 ] Refs]; let slip, utter, μαλθακοὺς λόγους φρενός uncertain in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1052. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.8 rarely in good sense, confide, entrust to one, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.9; τὰ τέκνα τισὶν εἰς ὁμηρίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.4.7: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.3.31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.9 lend on risk, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Demodocus” 384c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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