προθυμέομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> προὐθυμούμην <span class="bibl">Th.4.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>402b</span>; in Hdt. προεθ- (with v.l. [[προθ-]]), <span class="bibl">5.78</span>,<span class="bibl">9.38</span>, also in X.<b class="b2">Ages.</b>.2.1, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span> 395d</span>: fut. προθυμήσομαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>74b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>262a</span>; [[προθυμηθήσομαι]] v.l. in <span class="bibl">Lys.25.17</span> and <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>115c</span>: aor. προὐθυμήθην <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.17</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>69d</span>: pf. προτεθύμημαι <span class="title">Bull.Soc.Alex.</span> 7.67:—<b class="b2">to be ready, willing, eager to do</b> a thing, c. inf., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.36</span>,<span class="bibl">206</span>, al., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1119</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1173</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.3.9</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὃς ἂν προθυμεῖσθαι ἐθέλῃ δίκαιος γενέσθαι</b> will [[show zeal]] in becoming... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>613a</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phd.</span>75b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">La.</span>186a</span>, etc.; also π. ὅκως… <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.91</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>91a</span>; π.ὅθως ἂν εὐδαιμονοίης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ly.</span>207e</span>; ὡς ὑστερήσειε... προεθυμεῖτο <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs. (though an inf. may commonly be supplied), [[show zeal]], [[exert oneself]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>383</span>, <span class="bibl">630</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.86</span>, <span class="bibl">9.38</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 4.81</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.22</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">to be of good cheer, in good spirits</b>, opp. [[ἀθυμέω]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. objecti, to [[be eager]] or [[zealous for]], [[desire ardently]], <b class="b3">τὴν ξύμβασιν, τὴν ὁμολογίαν</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.17</span>, <span class="bibl">8.90</span>: mostly with neut. Adj., π. τοῦτο, ὅπως… Antipho l.c.; μηδὲν ἄλλο ἢ τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>64a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>472e</span>, al., v. l. in <span class="bibl">460d</span>; π. περί τι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>581a22</span>.</span>