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προσφορ-ά , ἡ, (προσφέρω)
A.bringing to, applying, “τῶν κλιμάκων” Plb. 5.16.7; application, use, Pl.Lg.638c.
2. presenting, offering, ib. 792a; οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. shewbread, LXX 3 Ki.7.48.
II. (from Pass.) that which is added, increase, “τῶν ἡμαρτημένων ἄκη μέν ἐστι π. δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἔτι” S.OC1270; bounty, benefit, ib.581; wedding present, Thphr. Char.30.19; offering, LXXPs.39(40).7, al., Act.Ap.21.26: pl., ib.24.17, J.AJ11.4.1, Stud.Pal.1.7.27 (v A.D.), etc.; offerings for the dead, PMonac.8.5,23 (vi A.D.), PLond.5.1708.62 (vi A.D.); deed of gift, esp. of donatio propter nuptias, Mitteis Chr.288.8 (ii A.D.), PTeb.351.1 (ii A.D.), PRyl.155.20 (ii A.D.).
2. income, revenue, Antipho Fr. 31, J.AJ19.8.2.
III. (from Med.) taking of food, Arist.Somn.Vig. 458a22, Metaph.1000a14, Thphr.HP7.9.4, 8.4.4, Od.5; ἡ τοῦ ὑγροῦ π. Arist.PA671a13; “πόσεις καὶ -φοραί” Plu.2.129e.
2. food, victuals, Hp.Aph.2.33 (pl.), Thphr.CP4.9.6, Orph.Fr.49.87.
3. flavour, Thphr.HP4.8.11, Ath.1.33f; bouquet, Thphr.HP9.19.1.
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.

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    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 11.4.1
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 19.8.2
    • Plato, Laws, 638c
    • Plato, Laws, 792a
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1270
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 581
    • Theophrastus, Characters, 30.19
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.16.7
    • Hippocrates, Aphorismi, 2.33
    • Old Testament, 1 Kings, 7.48
    • New Testament, Acts, 21.26
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