πρόχειρ-ος, ον,
(χείρ) at hand, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ψάλια (variant{ψέλια}) δέρκεσθαι πάρα ready, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 54 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἄχθος a handy burden, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1116 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a drawn sword or knife, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 747, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1564, “El.” 696, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.32; ἔβαλλον λίθοις καὶ.. ἀκοντίοις, ὡς ἕκαστός τι π. εἶχεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁρπάζει μου ἀεὶ τὸ π. τῶν σκευῶν whatever furniture he can lay his hands on, [[ PEnteux. 25.8 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; [τὴν ἐπιστήμην] π. οὐκ εἶχε τῇ διανοίᾳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 198d; οὓς π. εἶχον μύθους [prev. author] “Phd.” 61b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κατὰ πάντων τῶν φιλοσοφούντων π. [[ [prev. author] “Ap.” 23d; εἰ οὖν σοι πρόχειρον, εἰπέ [prev. author] “Min.” 313b; ἔστι τις π. λόγος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.112; ὃ ἔχω προχειρότατον εἰπεῖν [prev. author] 24.1; τὸ προχειρότατον ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ π. τῶν ἀπόρων obvious difficulties, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 982b13, compare 1054b12; τὰ προχειρότατα [prev. author] “Pr.” 924a12, compare 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1012.35] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ταῦτα γὰρ ὦν ἐστι προχειρότερον (i.e. εὔξασθαι) [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.16. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__b readily accessible, external parts of the body, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.17, 69 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: comparative, [[ [prev. author] 2.64, 85. ] Refs]