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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[preparation]], δείπνου Hdt.9.82; <b class="b3">παρασκευὴν σίτου παραγγείλας</b> having ordered corn to [[be prepared]], Id.3.25, cf. Pl.''R.''369e; παρασκευὴ νεῶν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''190; <b class="b3">ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς ἦσαν</b> in this [[state]] of [[preparation]], Th.2.17; [[preparation]], [[practice]], as of a [[speaker]] preparing his [[speech]], Isoc.4.13, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.6; ἡ παρασκευὴ τῆς πραγματείας Plb.3.26.5 (elsewhere [[προκατασκευή]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]); <b class="b3">λέγειν ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς</b>, opp. [[αὐτοσχεδίως]], Alex.''Fig.''1.2; also, in a speech, [[preparatory section]], D.H.''Is.''15 (pl.); cf. [[παρασκευάζω]] A. 3 fin.<br><span class="bld">b</span> with Preps., [[ἐκ παρασκευῆς]] = [[of set purpose]], [[by arrangement]], Antipho 6.19, Lys.31.30; <b class="b3">μάχη ἐγένετο ἐκ παρασκευῆς</b> a [[pitch]]ed [[battle]], Th.5.56; ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς Id.1.133; ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς οὐδεμιᾶς Antipho 5.22; <b class="b3">δι' ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς</b> at short [[notice]], offhand, Th.4.8; τὸ ναυτικὸν ἐν παρασκευῇ ἦν Id.2.80; <b class="b3">ἦσαν ἐν παρασκευῇ πολέμου</b> were [[engage]]d in [[preparing]] for [[war]] (cf. [[κατασκευή]]), Id.8.14; ἐν παρασκευῇ εἶναι Arist.''Rh.''1382b3; μετὰ παρασκευῆς πλείστης ἠδίκησεν Id.''Rh.Al.''1427a4; ἄνευ παρασκευῆς Pl.''Ep.''326a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[providing]], [[procuring]], φίλων καὶ οὐσίας Id.''R.''361b; <b class="b3">ὑγιείας σώματι παρασκευής</b> Id.''Lg.''962a; [[way of providing]] or [[means of providing]], <b class="b3">τίς… τέχνη τῆς παρασκευῆς τοῦ μηδὲν ἀδικεῖσθαι</b>; Id.''Grg.''510a; <b class="b3">δύ' εἶναι τὰς παρασκευὰς ἐπὶ τὸ θεραπεύειν</b> ib.513d; in E.''Ba.''457, <b class="b3">λευκὴν… χροιὰν εἰς παρασκευὴν ἔχεις, ἐκ παρασκευής</b> should be read.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[intrigue]], [[cabal]], for the purpose of gaining a [[verdict]] or carrying a [[measure]], Cratin.185, Antipho 5.79, And. 1.1, Lys. 12.75, al., D.43.32.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[that which is prepared]], [[equipage]], <b class="b3">πλοῦτοί τε καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τοιαύτη παρασκευή</b> Pl.''R.'' 495a, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.3.14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. in military sense (v. supr. 1.1), [[armament]], And.1.107, Th.6.31, X.''Ages.''1.13, ''HG''5.2.23; <b class="b3">ἵπποι καὶ ὅπλα καὶ ἡ ἄλλη παρασκευή</b> Th.2.100, cf. 5.17; <b class="b3">γίγνεσθαι τὰς παρασκευὰς ἐποίησα</b> = I got the [[armament]]s [[ready]] for [[service]], D.18.102; <b class="b3">αἱ πρὸς πόλεμον παρασκευαί</b> = [[preparation]]s for [[war]] Arist.''Rh.''1383b3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[power]], [[means]], Th.1.1; [[natural]] [[equipment]], Arr.''Epict.''1.2.30, 2.19.30; <b class="b3">φύσις καὶ παρασκευή</b> ib.4.8.42, cf. 1.6.37; of the [[physical]] [[constitution]] of a [[newborn]] [[infant]], Gal. 6.32; of mental faculties, [[predisposition]], <b class="b3">δύναμις καὶ παρασκευή</b> Plot.4.6.3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> among the Jews, the [[day]] of [[preparation|Preparation]], before the [[sabbath]] of the [[Passover]], ''Ev.Marc.''15.42, ''Ev.Jo.''19.14,31, etc.; ἡμέρα παρασκευῆς ''Ev.Luc.''23.54.