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πρόθυμος

prothymos

ready, willing, eager

Appears 48 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πρόθυμος, ον, A. ready, willing, eager, π. εἰμι, c. inf., = προθυμέομαι, Hdt. 2.3,6.5, al., E. Med. 720, Antipho 5.18 (Comp.), etc.; π. ἔα πυθέσθαι I was eager to learn, Hdt. 2.19; εἶναι ὡς -οτάτοισι συνεξελεῖν Id. 1.36; -ότερος ἐγένου ἐμὲ λαβεῖν Pl. Smp. 220e: with Art. inserted, τὸ προσταλαιπωρεῖν . . οὐδεὶς π. ἦν Th. 2.53. 2. c. gen. objecti, eager for, ὧν π. ἦσθʼ ἀεί S. El. 3; χάριν . . ὧν πρόθυμοι γεγενήμεθα Th. 3.67. 3. with Preps., ἐὰν γένῃ π. ἐς τὰ πράγματα Ar. Pl. 209; παρέσχεν ἑαυτὸν . . -ότατον ἐς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Th. 8.68, cf. 74; προθυμότεροι ἐς τὸ διώκειν X. Cyr. 1.4.22; ἐπί τι Id. HG 1.1.34; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ib.1.5.2, cf. Pl. R. 468c, etc. 4. abs., Hdt. 9.91, E. Ba. 829, Hec. 307, etc.: τὸ πρόθυμον, = προθυμία, Id. Med. 178(lyr.), Pl. Lg. 859b. II. bearing goodwill, wishing well, devoted, φύλαξ . . τῇ σῇ π. εἰς ὁδὸν κυναγία S. Aj. 37; π. εἶχʼ ὀφθαλμὸν εἰς Ἰάσονα E. Med. 1146; π. τῇ πόλει X. HG 2.3.40; εἴς τινας ib.6.5.42, Lys. 20.31. III. Adv. -μως readily, zealously, actively, Hdt. 1.111, 5.13, etc.; π. υᾶλλον ἢ φίλως with more zeal than kindness, A. Ag. 1591; π. λέγειν Pl. Prt. 327b; ἐρωτᾶν D. 8.38; μανθάνειν Pl. La. 201b (Sup.); μάχεσθαι X. Ages. 2.8 (Sup.); π. ἔχειν πρός τι Pl. Smp. 176c: Comp. -ότερον Th. 6.80, X. An. 1.4.9, etc.: Sup. -ότατα Hdt. 2.59, Th. 8.68, etc.
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