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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[progress on a journey]], Plu.2.76d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[progress]], [[advance]], <b class="b3">τὴν οἴησιν ἔλεγε προκοπῆς ἐγκοπήν</b> that opinion-forming was the stoppage of [[progress]], Bion ap.D.L.4.50; <b class="b3">π. σχεῖν, ποιεῖσθαι, λαμβάνειν</b>, Plb.2.37.10, 2.13.1, 8.15.6; ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον π. Id.1.12.7; opp. ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον π. J.''AJ''4.4.1; freq. of [[moral progress]], Stoic.3.31, al.; <b class="b3">παλίντροπος π.</b> [[progress]] in a contrary direction, Plb. 5.16.9; ἐν παιδείᾳ π. [[LXX]] ''Si.''51.17; [[proficiency]], ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Phld. ''Piet.''107; ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ D.S.16.6, cf. Cic.''Att.''15.16; π. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ''Ep.Phil.''1.12; τὸ ἐπιστρέφειν προϊέναι ἐστί, π. γάρ τις, ἀλλ' οὐχὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰτίου Dam.''Pr.''77; [[improvement]] in health, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.10.8.17: pl., προκοπὰς λαμβάνειν Plb.10.47.12, cf. Phld.''Rh.''2.54 S., Ph.1.83, al., J.''BJ''2.2.5, Plu.2.75b, Luc.''Alex.''22; ἐν προκοπαῖς ''Epigr.Gr.''321.6, ''Arch.Pap.''1.220 (Egypt), cf. ''IG''14.1976 (Rome); ἐν μείζοσι προκοπαῖς ''PRyl.''233.16 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[success]], [[prosperity]], <b class="b3">δόζα καὶ π. παρά τισιν ὑπάρξει</b> Aristeas 242, cf. ''OGI''627.2 (Bostra), Heph.Astr.1.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[military promotion]], J.''BJ''6.2.6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[process]], [[κατὰ προκοπήν]] = by [[process]] of [[time]] or [[growth]], Sor.1.43.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Math., [[progression]] of numbers, μέχρις ἂν εἰς τετράδα ἡ π. ἔλθῃ ''Theol.Ar.'' 21.