προίημι 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 πρόειντο 17 18
I.to send before, send on or forward, Hom.: also, to send something to another, ἀγγελίας, φήμην Od.:—Hom. often with an inf. added; αἰετὼ προέηκα πέτεσθαι, οὖρον προέηκεν ἀῆναι Od.
2.to send away, dismiss, let go, Il.; τήνδε θεῷ πρόες let her go to the god, i. e. in reverence to him, id=Il.
3.to let loose, let fall, esp. thoughtlessly, ἔπος προέηκε let drop a word, Od.; πηδάλιον ἐκ χειρῶν προέηκε he let the helm slip from his hands, id=Od.; δάκρυα προῆκεν Eur.
4.of missiles, to send forth, shoot or dart forth, Hom.
II.to give up, deliver over, betray one to his enemy, Hdt., Thuc.: —Pass. to be given or thrown away, εἰ προεῖτο ταῦτα Dem.
B.Mid. to send forward from oneself, drive forward, Xen.:—of sounds, to utter, Aeschin., etc.
II.to give up, let go: to give up to the enemy, Thuc., etc.; πρ. σφᾶς αὑτούς gave themselves up as lost, id=Thuc.
2.to desert, abandon, id=Thuc.; οὐδαμῆ προΐεντο ἑαυτούς did not lose themselves (i. e. take bribes), Dem.
4.to throw off one's clothes, id=Dem.: and, in bad sense, to throw away, τὸν καιρόν id=Dem.; τὰ πατρῷα Aeschin.: absol. to be lavish, Arist.
5.a second predicate is sometimes added, ἡμᾶς προέσθαι ἀδικουμένους to suffer us to be wronged, Thuc.; προέμενοι αὐτοὺς ἀπολέσθαι Xen.; πρ. τινὶ ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατῆσαι Dem.
6.to suffer to escape, Polyb.
7.rarely in good sense, to give over to one, confide to one's care, Xen.
III.to neglect, disregard, Arist.:— absol. to neglect all advice, to be reckless, Dem.
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