ἑτοιμασία
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A readiness, πρὸς τὰς ὑπουργίας Hp. Decent.12; εἰς ἑ. ὑμῶν παρέχειν to place at your disposal, J.AJ 10.1.2. II preparation, ἀρμένων Aen.Tact.21.1, cf. LXX Ps.9.38 (10.17); τροφῆς ib.Wi.13.12; equipment, ἐν -ασίᾳ εὐαγγελίου Ep.Eph. 6.15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1052] ἡ, Bereitwilligkeit, Sp. – Befestigung, Sicherung, LXX.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑτοιμᾰσία: ἡ, - ἑτοιμότης, πρός τι Ἱππ. 24. 47· εἰς ἑτ. ὑμῶν παρέχω, θέτω εἰς τὴν διάθεσίν σας, Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Ἀρχ. 10. 1, 2. ΙΙ. παρασκευή, ἑτοιμασία ὡς νῦν, Ἑβδ. (Ψαλμ. Θ΄, 41, κ. ἀλλ.), Ἐκκλ.
English (Strong)
from ἑτοιμάζω; preparation: preparation.
English (Thayer)
ἑτοιμασίας, ἡ (ἑτοιμάζω), cf. θαυμάσια, εἰκασία, ἐργασία);
1. the act of preparing: τῆς τροφῆς, τῶν κλιναρίων, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2,57.
2. equivalent to ἑτοιμότης, the condition of a person or thing so far forth as prepared, preparedness, readiness: Hipp., p. 24 (i. 74, Kühn edition); Josephus, Antiquities 10,1, 2; readiness of mind (German Bereitwilligkeit), τῆς καρδίας, ἐν ἑτοιμασία τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, with the promptitude and alacrity which the gospel produces, Ephesians 6:15.
