πρόσφορος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ποτίφ- (q.v.), ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[serviceable]], [[useful]], τὰ π. τῇ στρατιῇ <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 1774</span> (anap.), etc.: abs., ἐκπορίζεσθαι ἃ πρόσφορα ἦν <span class="bibl">Th.1.125</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.62</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[suitable]], [[fitting]], <b class="b3">κόσμος, κόμπος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.31</span>, <span class="bibl">8.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Heracl.</span>480</span>, etc.; π. καὶ οἰκεῖον <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>250</span> (= Metrod.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1 K.): c. dat., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.63</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>338</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>1246</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>809</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>124</span> (Comp.), prob. in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.7</span>; τροφαί <span class="bibl">Antiph.62</span>; <b class="b3">οὐχὶ πρόσφορος ἁμερίῳ γέννᾳ</b> <b class="b2">suitable to, agreeing with</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>129</span> (lyr.): c. inf., <b class="b3">οὐ πρόσφορον μολεῖν</b> 'tis not [[fit]] or [[meet]] to go, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>207</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Ocell.4.12</span>; ζῴοις πρόσφορα ἐσθίειν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>6.3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">πρόσφορον, τό</b>, <b class="b2">what is fitting</b> or [[suitable]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1180b12</span>; ἡ φύσις αὐτὴ ζητεῖ τὸ π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>615a26</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">μακρᾶς κελεύθου . . τὰ π</b>. <b class="b2">attendance meet</b> after a long journey, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>711</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">714</span>; τὰ π. τῆς νῦν παρούσης ξυμφορᾶς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>509</span>: abs., <b class="b3">τὰ πρόσφορα</b> <b class="b2">things meet</b> or [[due]], esp. for the dead, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.14</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 148</span>; τὰ π. πάντα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1025</span> (lyr.): <b class="b3">τὰ π</b>. as Adv., [[fitly]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>112</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1361</span> (anap.): regul.Adv., -ρως ἔχειν τινί <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>4.7.2</span>, cf. Phld. <span class="title">Herc.</span>1457.7. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">πρόσφορα, τά</b>, [[that which is taken]] or [[eaten]], f.l. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>24</span>; cf. προσφορά <span class="bibl">111.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">πρόσφορα, τά</b>, [[revenues]], [[rents]], PTeb.88.15 (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1208.22</span> (iii A.D.), <span class="bibl">1829.4</span> (vi A.D.), etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ Ἀριστίππου λεγόμενα π</b>. the place called Aristippus's [[Rents]], PPetr. 2p.56 (iii B.C.).</span>