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πρόσφα^τος , ον,
A.fresh, not decomposed, of a corpse miraculously preserved, “νῦν δέ μοι ἑρσήεις καὶ π. ἐν μεγάροισιν κεῖσαιIl.24.757; νεκρὸς π. Hdt.2.89, 121.έ; τροφὴ ἔτι π. (sc. before digestion begins) Arist.PA675b32; [ζῷα] τὰ πεπωκότα πόμα π. which have taken a recent drink, Id.HA520b31; “πορφύρας . . πρόσφατον τὸ ἄνθος ἔτι φυλαττούσηςPlu.Alex.36; of fish, Antiph.218.1, Men.462.4, PMich.Zen.72.8 (iii B.C.); “ἐχῖνοιPosidipp.14; of poultry, Gal.Vict.Att.8; [κρέα] Hp.Acut.Sp.49, cf. Sor.2.15, al.; “δέλεαρArist.HA534a12; ζῷα π., opp. salted, D.S.3.31, cf. Gal.6.728; “ἄλφιτα καὶ ἄληταHp. Vict.2.44, gloss on ποταίνια in Acut.37; καρποί, ἔλαιον, Arist.Pr.926a30,927a29; ῥίζαι [σιλφίου] Thphr.HP6.3.5; “σταφυλήLXX Nu.6.3, Sor. 1.51; “φῦκοςAgatharch.35; “νάρδοςDsc.1.7; “χιώνPlb.3.55.1; “παγάνPi.P.4.299 (unless πρόσφατον ξενωθείς = recently entertained); ὕδωρ newly-drawn well-water, Plu.2.690c; “ποτόνPorph.Marc.4; αἷμα uncoagulated, opp. πεπηγότες θρόμβοι, Hp.Epid.7.10; [“καταμηνίων ῥύσις] -ωτέραArist.GA764a6; σπέρμα, οὖρον, Id.Pr.924b28, 907b25.
2. of events and actions, recent, “δίκαιA.Ch.804 (lyr.); “ἐπιστολαίS.Fr.128; “ὀργήLys.18.19; “ὀχείαArist.HA 509b31; “φόβοςAen.Tact.3.1; “φθόνοςPlu.Them.24; “θεωρίαι καὶ μαθήσειςArist.EE 1237a24; “φαντασίαId.MM1203b4; λύπη defined as “δόξα πρόσφατος κακοῦ παρουσίαςZeno Stoic.1.52; “ἀτύχημαPlb.1.21.9; “εὐεργεσίαιId.2.46.1; [πράγματα] Plu.2.146b; ὄγκοι ( = οἰδήματα) Gal.18(2).145; βήξ, i.e. not yet chronic, Sor.1.123, cf. 2.46; γάλα, i.e. lately begun to be secreted, Id.1.89; of persons, recent in date, of Homer, Arist. Mete.351b35; μάρτυρες . . οἱ μὲν παλαιοὶ οἱ δὲ π. Id.Rh.1375b27: used predicatively, χρόνοι [τοῖς πλουσίοις] τοῦ δίκην ὑποσχεῖν . . δίδονται, καὶ τἀδικήμαθ᾽ ἕωλα . . ὡς ὑμᾶς καὶ ψύχρ᾽ ἀφικνεῖται, τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων ἡμῶν ἕκαστος π. κρίνεται the cases of us poor men are served up fresh, D.21.112; νεαλὴς καὶ π. fresh (because recently imprisoned), Id.25.61.
II. Adv. -τως newly, lately, “π. ἠγγελμένωνAen.Tact.16.2, cf. LXX De.24.5, OGI315.23 (Pessinus, ii B.C.), Parth.28.1, D.S.14.115, J.BJ1.6.2, Babr.30.3, Anon.Hist. (FGrH 153) p.826 J. (Orig. = νεωστὶ ἀνῃρημένος (cf. πέφαται, etc.) acc. to Phot.; perh. slaughtered for (the occasion).)
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