προμήθεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[προμάθεια]] [μᾱ], Ion. [[προμηθίη]], in Trag. [[προμηθία]] (v. sub fin.):—[[foresight]], [[forethought]], σοφὸν ἡ προμηθίη [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.36, cf. Pi.''N.''11.46, ''I.''1.40, Th.4.62, al.; προμηθίαν λαβεῖν A.''Supp.''178, cf. E.''Hec.''795; πολλὴν προμήθειαν ποιεῖσθαι Pl.''Min.''318e; [[ἐν πολλῇ προμηθίῃ ἔχειν τινά]] = to [[hold in great consideration]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.88; προμηθείην ἔχειν τινός Xenoph.1.24, cf. E.''Alc.''1054, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 501b; ἔχειν τὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς π. Id.''R.''441e: with reference to Prometheus, Luc. Prom.Es 1. [[προμηθία]] is required by the metre in S.''El.''990, ''OC'' 332, 1043, ''Frr.''302.2,950.3, E.''Med.''741, ''Hec.''1137, ''Ph.''1466, ''Andr.'' 690, ''IT''1202, and is admissible in A.''Supp.''178, S.''El.''1036, 1350, ''Ph.''557, E.''Alc.''1054, ''Ion''448, whereas [[προμήθεια]] is never required.]