προμνάομαι

promnaomai

woo

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 2
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150a5
151b3
Menexenus 1
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Chapter ?

239c5

Dictionary (LSJ)

προμνάομαι, A. woo or court for another, Pl. Tht. 150a; τινί τινα Luc. Herod. 6; ἡ προμνησαμένη, = προμνήστρια, X. Mem. 2.6.36: metaph., Pl. Tht. 151b; προμνᾶταί τί μοι γνώμα my mind woos me to hope, c. inf., S. OC 1075: c. dat., woo themes for others, Pl. Mx. 239c. 2. generally, endeavour to obtain, solicit, τοιαῦτα π. ἑκάστῳ προσιών X. An. 7.3.18; π. αὐτῷ Κιλικίαν solicit it for him, Plu. Luc. 6; κωφότητα π. Id. 2.38b.

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