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προθυμία

prothymia

readiness, willingness, eagerness

Appears 29 times across Plato's dialogues.

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προθυμία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. readiness, willingness, eagerness, ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι [ῑ] πεποιθώς Il. 2.588; opp. ἀθυμία, X. Cyr. 1.6.13; τῶν πέρι καί τινα ἐνάγει π. μαχόμενον ἀποθνῄσκειν Hdt. 5.49; προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις A. Pr. 343; μηδὲν ἀπολείπειν π. Pl. Lg. 961c; οὐ μὴν ἀνήσω νῦν π. E. Hipp. 285; π. ἐμβαλεῖν τινι X. Cyr. 1.6.13, etc.; πάσῃ π. with all zeal, Pl. R. 412e; διὰ τὴν π. Plb. 1.20.15; ὑπὸ προθυμίας by my eagerness, Pl. Phd. 91c: pl., τὰς ἄγαν π. E. Or. 708. 2. c. gen. pers., ἐκ τῆς Κλεομένεος π. at his desire, Hdt. 6.65, cf. E. Hipp. 1329; κατὰ τὴν τούτου π. as far as his desire goes, Hdt. 1.124; τοῦ θεοῦ προθυμίᾳ by the will of the god, E. Ion 1385; also ἡ ἐμὴ π. Lys. 12.99. 3. c. gen. objecti, πᾶσαν π. σωτηρίης . . παρεχόμενοι showing the utmost zeal to save it, Hdt. 4.98; π. ἔργου readiness for action, will or purpose to act, S. Tr. 669, cf. E. IT 616; π. τοῦ ἐθέλειν κινδυνεύειν Pl. Lg. 697d, cf. 935d, etc. 4. π. ἔχειν, = προθυμεῖσθαι, Hdt. 7.19, 53:c. inf., ἔσχε π. στρατεύσασθαι Id. 1.204, cf. E. Tr. 689; πᾶσαν π. ἔχειν Pl. Prt. 327b, cf. 361c: also c. part., ἔφη πᾶσαν π. σχεῖν δεόμενος Id. Ti. 23d; also π. ἔχειν ὅπως . . Id. Mx. 247a. II. goodwill, ready kindness, Ἑλλήνων εἵνεκα ἔργον . . ἔργασμαι ὑπὸ προθυμίης Hdt. 9.45; εἴς τινας X. HG 6.5.43; πλείστην π. περὶ ὑμᾶς, π. πολλὴν περί σε, Id. An. 7.6.11, 7.7.45; ὑπέρ τινων D. 1.8; π. ἐδείξαμεν Th. 1.74. III. desire of natural functions, Sor. 1.66, 2.20,45; πρὸς τὸ κνᾶσθαι Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 5.129.
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