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|Definition=impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> προὐθυμούμην Th.4.12, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 402b; in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] προεθ- (with [[varia lectio|v.l.]] προθ-), 5.78,9.38, also in X.Ages..2.1, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]'' 395d: fut. προθυμήσομαι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.3, Pl.''Men.''74b, ''Plt.''262a; [[προθυμηθήσομαι]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Lys.25.17 and [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 115c: aor. προὐθυμήθην Antipho 1.6, Th.5.17, X.''An.''4.1.22, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 69d: pf. προτεθύμημαι ''Bull.Soc.Alex.'' 7.67:—to [[be ready to do]], [[be willing to do]], [[be eager to do]] a thing, c. inf., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.36,206, al., S.''Tr.''1119, Ar.''V.''1173, Lys.3.9, etc.; <b class="b3">ὃς ἂν προθυμεῖσθαι ἐθέλῃ δίκαιος γενέσθαι</b> will [[show zeal]] in becoming... [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 613a, cf.''Phd.''75b, ''La.''186a, etc.; also π. ὅκως… [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.91, cf. Pl. ''Phd.''91a; π.ὅθως ἂν εὐδαιμονοίης Id.''Ly.''207e; ὡς ὑστερήσειε... προεθυμεῖτο X.''Ages.''2.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs. (though an inf. may commonly be supplied), [[show zeal]], [[exert oneself]], A.''Pr.''383, 630, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.86, 9.38, Th. 4.81, X.''An.''6.4.22, etc.; to [[be of good cheer]], [[be in good spirits]], opp. [[ἀθυμέω]], Id.''Cyr.''6.2.13.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. objecti, to [[be eager for]] or [[be zealous for]], [[desire ardently]], <b class="b3">τὴν ξύμβασιν, τὴν ὁμολογίαν</b>, Th.5.17, 8.90: mostly with neut. Adj., π. τοῦτο, ὅπως… Antipho [[l.c.]]; μηδὲν ἄλλο ἢ τοῦτο [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 64a, cf. ''R.''472e, al., [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in 460d; π. περί τι Arist.''HA''581a22.