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πρᾶος , ον, also πρα_ΰς , Ion. πρηΰς , εῖα, ΰ:—πρᾶος supplies sg. in Att., Trag., and Com., exc. that the fem. is always πραεια (πρᾶος as fem. only in Plu.2.168d); but sg. πραΰς , Ion. πρηΰς , is used in Ep. and Lyr. (also in X. and usu. in LXX, Plb., etc.):—pl., nom.
A.“πρηέες” Hp.Epid.1.10, “πρηεῖς” AP5.208 (Posidipp. or Asclep.), “πρᾶοι” Pl.R. 562d, etc.; fem. “πρηεῖαι” AP6.244 (Crin.); neut. “πραέα” X.Oec. 15.4, Eq.9.10, etc., “πρᾶα” Arist.HA488b22, f.l. in Ph.2.351; gen. “πραέων” X.An.1.4.9; dat. “πραέσι” Pl.Lg.888a, 930a, fem. πραίαις written for “πραείαις” IG7.3101 (Lebad., iii A.D.); acc. “πραεῖς” Plb.18.37.7, “πράους” Isoc.3.55: Comp. “πραότερος” Lys. 20.21, “πραΰτερος” Epich.153, Pl.Ti. 85a, etc., Ion. “πρηΰτ-” Hdt.2.181: Sup. “πραότατος” Pl.Phd.116c, etc., “πραΰτατος” Syria 5.337 (Sidon); Ep. and Ion. “πρηΰτατος” A.R.2.937, AP6.349 (Phld.); “πράϋστος” MAMA1.237 (Phrygia). (The ι subscr. is freq. written in codd., but Πρᾶος is written in IG22.1928.20 (pr. n., iv B.C.), IGRom.4.504 (Pergam.), cf. Phot., Et.Gud.478.31; πραύτερος is found once in codd., Pl.Ti.l.c. (proved wrong by πραΰς Com.Adesp.in Gött. Nachr.1922.31, πραέα (neut. pl.) in PCair.Zen.33.12 (iii B.C.), “πραέως” UPZ144.6 (ii B.C.), and by the absence of iota in Ion. πρηΰς)):—mild, soft, gentle (not in Il. or Od.):
1. of things, “πρηῢ σέλας” H.Hom.8.10; “πραῢς ὄαρος” Pi.P.4.136; mild, πυρετοί Hp.l.c.; “ἰητρείη πρηεῖα” Id.Art.69; of sound, soft, gentle, “τὴν φωνὴν πραοτέραν ποιοῦνται” X. Smp.1.10; “ἀνέμων πρηΰτατε Ζέφυρε” AP6.349 (Phld.); ὠδῖνες ib.244 (Crin.); κέντρον ib.229 (Id.).
3. of actions, feelings, etc., mild, “τιμωρίαι πραότεραι” Pl.Lg.867b; πραότεραι ἡδοναί ib.815e; λόγοι, ἤθη, φύσις, ib.888a, 930a, R.375c; “ὄσσοισι πρηέσιν δέρκευ” BMus.Inscr.921b8 (Branchidae, i/ii A.D.); “τὰ πραέα” caresses, X.Eq. 9.10; πραότερα πάσχειν Pl Cri.49b.
III. Adv. πράως , mildly, gently, πράως πείθειν τινά, φέρειν τι, Pl.R.589c, Cri.43b; “πράως ἔχειν πρός τι” Id.Ly.211e; πράως λέγειν τὸ πάθος to speak lightly of it, X.An.1.5.14; πράως διακεῖσθαι, opp. ὀργίζεσθαι, D.21.183; “πράως, μὴ πικρῶς” Id.18.265; in physical sense, gently, Orib.Fr.134: Comp., πραότερον προδιδάσκειν, κολάζειν, Pl.Grg.489d, Phd.94d; πραοτέρως (v.l. -υτέρως)“ ἔχειν τινί” J.AJ17.6.4: Sup., “φέρειν . . ὡς πραότωτα” Pl.R.387e: later form πραέως (“πράως [Ἀττικοί], οὐ πραέως” Phot.), UPZ144.6 (ii B.C.), D.S.1.36, Dsc.1.13, dub. in Com.Adesp.336.5 (cf. πρατίας), etc.: Ion. πρηέως cj. in Democr. 46 (πράως and πραέως codd.). (Cogn. with Skt. prīṇā´ti 'love, give pleasure to', Goth.frijon 'love', frijonds 'friend'.)
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