previous next
παρασκευ-ή , ἡ,
A.preparation, “δείπνου” Hdt.9.82 ; παρασκευὴν σίτου παραγγείλας having ordered corn to be prepared, Id.3.25, cf. Pl.R.369e ; “π. νεῶν” Ar.Ach.190 ; ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς ἦσαν in this state of preparation, Th.2.17 ; preparation, practice, as of a speaker preparing his speech, Isoc.4.13, X.Mem.4.2.6 ; “ἡ π. τῆς πραγματείας” Plb.3.26.5 (elsewh. προκατασκευή, q.v.) ; λέγειν ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, opp. αὐτοσχεδίως, Alex.Fig.1.2 ; also, in a speech, preparatory section, D.H.Is.15 (pl.) ; cf. “παρασκευάζω” A. 3 fin.
b. with Preps., ἐκ παρασκευῆς of set purpose, by arrangement, Antipho 6.19, Lys.31.30 ; μάχη ἐγένετο ἐκ π. a pitched battle, Th.5.56 ; “ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς” Id.1.133 ; “ἀπὸ π. οὐδεμιᾶς” Antipho 5.22 ; δι᾽ ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς at short notice, offhand, Th.4.8 ; “τὸ ναυτικὸν ἐν π. ἦν” Id.2.80 ; ἦσαν ἐν π. πολέμου were engaged in preparing for it (cf. κατασκευή), Id.8.14 ; “ἐν παρασκευῇ εἶναι” Arist.Rh.1382b3 ; “μετὰ παρασκευῆς πλείστης ἠδίκησεν” Id.Rh.Al.1427a4 ; “ἄνευ παρασκευῆς” Pl.Ep.326a.
2. providing, procuring, “φίλων καὶ οὐσίας” Id.R.361b ; ὑγιείας σώματι π. Id.Lg.962a ; way or means of providing, τίς . . τέχνη τῆς π. τοῦ μηδὲν ἀδικεῖσθαι; Id.Grg.510a ; δύ᾽ εἶναι τὰς π. ἐπὶ τὸ θεραπεύειν ib.513d ; in E.Ba.457, λευκὴν . . χροιὰν εἰς παρασκευὴν ἔχεις, ἐκ π. shd. be read.
3. intrigue, cabal, for the purpose of gaining a verdict or carrying a measure, Cratin.185, Antipho 5.79, And. 1.1, Lys. 12.75, al., D.43.32.
II. that which is prepared, equipage, πλοῦτοί τε καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τοιαύτη π. Pl.R. 495a, cf. X.Cyr.8.3.14.
2. freq. in military sense (v. supr. 1.1), armament, And.1.107, Th.6.31, X.Ages.1.13, HG5.2.23 ; ἵπποι καὶ ὅπλα καὶ ἡ ἄλλη π. Th.2.100, cf. 5.17 ; γίγνεσθαι τὰς παρασκευὰς ἐποίης αI got the armaments ready for service, D.18.102 ; αἱ πρὸς πόλεμον π. Arist.Rh.1383b3.
3. generally, power, means, Th.1.1 ; natural equipment, Arr.Epict.1.2.30, 2.19.30 ; φύσις καὶ π. ib.4.8.42, cf. 1.6.37 ; of the physical constitution of a new-born infant, Gal. 6.32 ; of mental faculties, predisposition, δύναμις καὶ π. Plot.4.6.3.
III. among the Jews, the day of Preparation, before the sabbath of the Passover, Ev.Marc.15.42, Ev.Jo.19.14,31, etc. ; “ἡμέρα παρασκευῆς” Ev.Luc.23.54.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (40 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (40):
    • Andocides, On the Mysteries, 1
    • Andocides, On the Mysteries, 107
    • Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, 22
    • Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, 79
    • Antiphon, On the Choreutes, 19
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 102
    • Demosthenes, Against Macartatus, 32
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 457
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.25
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.82
    • Isocrates, Panegyricus, 13
    • Lysias, Against Philon, 30
    • Lysias, Against Eratosthenes, 75
    • New Testament, John, 19.14
    • New Testament, Mark, 15.42
    • Plato, Laws, 962a
    • Plato, Republic, 361b
    • Plato, Republic, 495a
    • Plato, Republic, 369e
    • Plato, Gorgias, 510a
    • Plato, Gorgias, 513d
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.17
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.80
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.8
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.1
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.133
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.31
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.14
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.3.14
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 1.1
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 5.2.23
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 4.2.6
    • Xenophon, Agesilaus, 1.13
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.26.5
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 190
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.100
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.17
    • New Testament, Luke, 23.54
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.56
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isaeo, 15
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: