προβιβάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -άσω D.C.58.23, Att. προβῐβῶ Ar.''Av.''1570:—causal of [[προβαίνω]], [[cause to step forward]], [[lead on]], τινα S.''OC''180 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ποῖ προβιβᾷς ἡμᾶς ποτε</b>; to what point, how far [[do you mean to carry]] us ? Ar.l.c.; <b class="b3">τινὰ εἰς ἀρετήν, εἰς ἐγκράτειαν</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 328a, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.5.1; <b class="b3">ἕως Μακεδονίας τὴν ἀρχήν</b> [[extend]] it... D.H.1.3; [[push on]], οὐδὲν ἠδύνατο π. τῶν ἔργων Plb.5.100.1:—Pass., to [[be developed]], [[improved]], of machines, Hero ''Bel.''74.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[push forward]], [[advance]], <b class="b3">τὸ ὑπερκείμενον τοῦ κρημνοῦ</b> (by building a wall) D.S.4.78; [[exalt]], τὴν πατρίδα Plb.9.10.4; <b class="b3">τινὰ ἐς τὰς ἀρχάς</b> [[promote]] him, D.C.l.c.; δύναμιν Phld. ''Rh.''1.40 S.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[teach]], τινάς τι [[LXX]] ''De.''6.7, cf. Plu.''Cat.Mi.''36 (dub.); [[put forward]] as a representative, ''Act.Ap.''19.33 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]):—Pass., to [[be instructed]] or [[egged on]], ὑπὸ τῆς μητρός ''Ev.Matt.''14.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., = [[προβαίνω]], Plb.10.44.1, Aristid.2.231 J.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of a male, [[mount before]], ἄλλην Arist.''HA''546a10.