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