previous next
προα^γορ-εύω , aor.
A.“-ηγόρευσα” Hdt.1.74, 125: pf. “-ηγόρευκα” D.11.20 (v.l. -ευσε; but in Att. fut. is προερῶ, aor. προεῖπον, pf. προείρηκα):— Pass., fut. (in med. form) X.Eq.Mag.2.7 : pf. “-ηγόρευμαι” Id.Mem.1.2.[35]:—tell beforehand, τι Th.1.68: c. inf., declare beforehand that . . , Hdt.1.74,91; “π. ὅτι . .” Th.2.13, X.Cyr.3.1.3; ὡς . . ib.7.5.34; advise beforehand, “πολλοῖς π. τὰ μὲν ποιεῖν τὰ δὲ μὴ ποιεῖν” Id.Mem.1.1.4, cf. Pl.Lg.907d.
2. foretell, prophesy, “τὸ μέλλον” X.Smp.4.5.
II. declare or proclaim publicly, τι Hdt.7.10.δ᾽, 8.83; “τινί τι” Id.1.153; “ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν π.” Id.3.142; πόλεμον (with or without τινι) Th.1.131, D.11.20, etc.: c. inf., Pl.Cri.51d: esp. of a herald or public officer, Hdt.3.61,62; also, have a thing proclaimed by herald, “ὑπὸ κήρυκος π.” Id.9.98 (though ἀναγορεύειν was properly the word for heralds, προαγορεύειν for magistrates, X.An.2.2.20).
2. order publicly, “ταῦτα” Hdt.1.22: c. inf., ib.21; π. ὑμῖν παρεῖναι ib.125, cf. 6.37; π. τοῖς πολίταις μὴ κινεῖν . . forbid them to . . , Pl.R.426b, etc.; “ὁ ἱερεὺς π. καὶ ἀπαγορεύει . . μὴ κόπτειν” IG22.1362.2: without a dat., “τοὺς Ἕλληνας π. αὐτονόμους ἀφιέναι” Th.1.140, cf. X.HG7.4.38:—Pass., “γυμνάζεσθαι προαγορεύεται . . ἅπασι” Id.Lac.12.5, etc.; “τὰ προηγορευμένα” Id.Mem.1.2.[35].
b. give public notice to persons accused of murder that they are excommunicated, “π. εἴργεσθαι τῶν νομίμων” Antipho 6.34, Arist.Ath.57.2, cf. Antipho 5.10, Isoc.4.157, D.47.69 : abs., Antipho 6.48; “τὴν πρόρρησιν π.” Pl.Lg.871c.
c. serve notice on persons to appear for trial, “π. εἰς τρίτην ἀγορὰν παρεῖναι” Plu.Cor.18.
III. forestall an anticipated argument, Arist.SE174b30.
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 (34 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (34):
    • Antiphon, On the Choreutes, 34
    • Antiphon, On the Choreutes, 48
    • Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, 10
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 57.2
    • Demosthenes, Reply to Philip, 20
    • Demosthenes, Against Evergus and Mnesibulus, 69
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.153
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.37
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.10
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.83
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.98
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.22
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.74
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.142
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.61
    • Isocrates, Panegyricus, 157
    • Plato, Laws, 907d
    • Plato, Laws, 871c
    • Plato, Republic, 426b
    • Plato, Crito, 51d
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.68
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.13
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 2.2.20
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 3.1.3
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 7.5.34
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 7.4.38
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 1.1.4
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 1.2
    • Xenophon, On the Cavalry Commander, 2.7
    • Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaimonians, 12.5
    • Xenophon, Symposium, 4.5
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.131
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.140
    • Plutarch, Caius Marcius Coriolanus, 18
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: