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πρόχειρος

procheiros

at hand

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πρόχειρος, ον, (χείρ) A. at hand, Hp. Art. 11; π. ψάλια (v.l. ψέλια) δέρκεσθαι πάρα ready, A. Pr. 54; π. ἄχθος a handy burden, S. El. 1116; of a drawn sword or knife, Id. Ph. 747, E. Hel. 1564, El. 696, X. Cyr. 4.2.32; ἔβαλλον λίθοις καὶ . . ἀκοντίοις, ὡς ἕκαστός τι π. εἶχεν Th. 4.34; ἁρπάζει μου ἀεὶ τὸ π. τῶν σκευῶν whatever furniture he can lay his hands on, PEnteux. 25.8 (iii B.C.); [τὴν ἐπιστήμην] π. οὐκ εἶχε τῇ διανοίᾳ Pl. Tht. 198d; οὓς π. εἶχον μύθους Id. Phd. 61b; τὰ κατὰ πάντων τῶν φιλοσοφούντων π. Id. Ap. 23d; εἰ οὖν σοι πρόχειρον, εἰπέ Id. Min. 313b; ἔστι τις π. λόγος D. 20.112; ὃ ἔχω προχειρότατον εἰπεῖν Id. 24.1; τὸ προχειρότατον ποιεῖν Isoc. 11.9; τὰ π. τῶν ἀπόρων obvious difficulties, Arist. Metaph. 982b13, cf. 1054b12; τὰ προχειρότατα Id. Pr. 924a12, cf. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.35; ταῦτα γὰρ ὦν ἐστι προχειρότερον (sc. εὔξασθαι) Xenoph. 1.16. b. readily accessible, external parts of the body, Sor. 1.17,69: Comp., Id. 2.64,85. 2. common, ordinary, φαῦλα καὶ π. Pl. Tht. 147a; αἱ π. τῶν ἡδονῶν Id. Phlb. 45a. b. πρὸς τῷ ἰδίῳ λόγῳ καὶ τοῖς π., official title in Egypt, Sammelb. 7455 (i B.C.), BGU 1756.8 (i B.C.), al. 3. πρόχειρόν [ἐστι] it is easy, c. inf., Pl. Sph. 251b, Philem. 24; ψεύδεσθαι προχειρότατον τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσιν Lys. Fr. 86; ἐν προχείρῳ [ἐστί], c. inf., Arist. Mete. 356b19; ἐκ προχείρου easily, lightly, S.E. M. 6.19, Gal. 1.241. II. of persons, ready to do, c. inf., S. El. 1494; τῇ φυγῇ π. ready for flight, E. HF 161; also ἡ σπάνις π. εἰς τὸ δρᾶν κακά Philem. 157; π. γλῶττα Poll. 6.120. 2. of a ready wit, ἐν ταῖς ὁμιλίαις εὔχαρις καὶ π. Plb. 23.5.7; glib, Phld. Po. 5.14; τὸ προπετὲς καὶ π. Hp. Medic. 1. 3. hasty, σφοδρὸς καὶ π. Plu. Brut. 34; πνεῦμα οἷον τοῖσι πνιγομένοισι πρόχειρον Hp. Prorrh. 1.25 (unless perceptible, obvious breathing, cf. πρὸς χεῖρα Epid. 7.17). III. Adv. -ρως offhand, readily, ἀποκρίνασθαι Pl. Smp. 204d; περί τι π. ἔχειν Arist. Top. 163b25; π. εἰς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα ἐξαμαρτάνοντες Aeschin. 1.22; ἐπὶ τὰ πράγματα ὁρμᾶν π. Amphis 33.7; hurriedly, rashly, Theopomp.Hist. 217 (a), Plb. 5.7.2; bluntly, εἰπεῖν Demetr. Eloc. 281; ordinarily or obviously, δηλούσης Phld. Rh. 2.268 S. Comp. -οτέρως Pl. Alc. 2.144d; -ότερον τοῦ δέοντος Plb. 1.21.5.
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