A.ready, willing, eager, π. εἰμι, c. inf., = προθυμέομαι, Hdt.2.3,6.5, al., E.Med.720, Antipho 5.18 (Comp.), etc.; π. ἔα πυθέσθαι I was eager to learn, Hdt.2.19; “εἶναι ὡς -οτάτοισι συνεξελεῖν” Id.1.36; “-ότερος ἐγένου ἐμὲ λαβεῖν” Pl.Smp.220e: with Art. inserted, “τὸ προσταλαιπωρεῖν . . οὐδεὶς π. ἦν” Th.2.53.
3. with Preps., “ἐὰν γένῃ π. ἐς τὰ πράγματα” Ar.Pl.209; “παρέσχεν ἑαυτὸν . . -ότατον ἐς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν” Th.8.68, cf. 74; “προθυμότεροι ἐς τὸ διώκειν” X.Cyr.1.4.22; “ἐπί τι” Id.HG1.1.34; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ib.1.5.2, cf. Pl. R.468c, etc.
II. bearing goodwill, wishing well, devoted, “φύλαξ . . τῇ σῇ π. εἰς ὁδὸν κυναγία” S.Aj.37; “π. εἶχ᾽ ὀφθαλμὸν εἰς Ἰάσονα” E.Med.1146; “π. τῇ πόλει” X.HG2.3.40; εἴς τινας ib.6.5.42, Lys.20.31.
III. Adv. “-μως” readily, zealously, actively, Hdt.1.111, 5.13, etc.; π. υᾶλλον ἢ φίλως with more zeal than kindness, A.Ag.1591; “π. λέγειν” Pl.Prt.327b; “ἐρωτᾶν” D.8.38; “μανθάνειν” Pl.La.201b(Sup.); “μάχεσθαι” X.Ages.2.8 (Sup.); “π. ἔχειν πρός τι” Pl.Smp.176c: Comp. “-ότερον” Th.6.80, X.An.1.4.9, etc.: Sup. “-ότατα” Hdt.2.59, Th.8.68, etc.