παρασκευή: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=παρα-[[σκευή]], ἡ,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[preparation]], Hdt., [[attic]]; ἐν [[τούτῳ]] παρασκευῆς in [[this]] [[state]] of [[preparation]], Thuc.:— [[preparation]] of a [[speech]], Xen.:—with Preps., ἐκ παρασκευῆς of set [[purpose]], [[μάχη]] ἐγένετο ἐκ π. a pitched [[battle]], Thuc.; so, ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς Thuc.; δι' ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς at [[short]] [[notice]], offhand, Thuc.; ἐν παρασκευῇ in [[course]] of [[preparation]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a providing, procuring, π. [[φίλων]] καὶ οὐσίας Plat.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> an [[intrigue]] or [[cabal]], for the [[purpose]] of gaining a [[verdict]] or [[carrying]] a [[measure]], Dem., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> that [[which]] is [[prepared]], equipage, Lat. [[apparatus]], Plat., Xen.: an [[armament]], Thuc., Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[generally]], [[power]], [[means]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[among]] the Jews, the day of [[preparation]], the day [[before]] the sabbath of the Passover, NTest.