πρόσφορος: Difference between revisions

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