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προθυμέομαι

prothymeomai

to be ready, willing, eager to do

Appears 78 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

προθυμέομαι, impf. προὐθυμούμην Th. 4.12, Pl. R. 402b; in Hdt. προεθ- (with v.l. προθ-), 5.78,9.38, also in X. Ages. 2.1, Pl. Cra. 395d: fut. προθυμήσομαι X. Cyr. 2.3.3, Pl. Men. 74b, Plt. 262a; προθυμηθήσομαι v.l. in Lys. 25.17 and Pl. Phd. 115c: aor. προὐθυμήθην Antipho 1.6, Th. 5.17, X. An. 4.1.22, Pl. Phd. 69d: pf. προτεθύμημαι Bull.Soc.Alex. 7.67:—A. to be ready, willing, eager to do a thing, c. inf., Hdt. 1.36,206, al., S. Tr. 1119, Ar. V. 1173, Lys. 3.9, etc.; ὃς ἂν προθυμεῖσθαι ἐθέλῃ δίκαιος γενέσθαι will show zeal in becoming . . , Pl. R. 613a, cf.Phd. 75b, La. 186a, etc.; also π. ὅκως . . Hdt. 1.91, cf. Pl. Phd. 91a; π.ὅθως ἂν εὐδαιμονοίης Id. Ly. 207e; ὡς ὑστερήσειε . . , προεθυμεῖτο X. Ages. 2.1. 2. abs. (though an inf. may commonly be supplied), show zeal, exert oneself, A. Pr. 383, 630, Hdt. 8.86, 9.38, Th. 4.81, X. An. 6.4.22, etc.; to be of good cheer, in good spirits, opp. ἀθυμέω, Id. Cyr. 6.2.13. 3. c. acc. objecti, to be eager or zealous for, desire ardently, τὴν ξύμβασιν, τὴν ὁμολογίαν, Th. 5.17, 8.90: mostly with neut. Adj., π. τοῦτο, ὅπως . . Antipho l.c.; μηδὲν ἄλλο ἢ τοῦτο Pl. Phd. 64a, cf. R. 472e, al., v. l. in 460d; π. περί τι Arist. HA 581a22.
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