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προτρέπω

protrepo

urge forwards

Appears 27 times across Plato's dialogues.

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προτρέπω, A. urge forwards; used by Hom. only intr. in Med. or Pass., turn to flight, προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν Il. 5.700; of the sun, ὅτʼ ἂν ἂψ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἀπʼ οὐρανόθεν προτράπηται Od. 11.18, cf. 12.381: metaph., ἄχεϊ προτραπέσθαι give myself up to grief, Il. 6.336. II. later, in Act., urge on, impel, τίς σʼ ἀνάγκῃ τῇδε προτρέπει; S. El. 1193; π. τινά Isoc. 5.123; opp. κωλύω, Arist. EN 1113b26: c. acc. pers. et inf., urge on, impel, persuade one to do a thing, Hdt. 9.90, S. Ant. 270; π. τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν ὑμᾶς D. 2.3, cf. BGU 164.17 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.; π. τοὺς δικαστὰς ὀργίζεσθαι Aeschin. 2.3; ὁ καλῶς προτρέπων ἐρᾶν Pl. Smp. 181a; προτρέψαι (or -τρέψασθαι) τινὰ ὥστε πειρᾶσθαι Th. 8.63: folld. by a Prep., π. τινὰ εἰς or ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν, Pl. Euthd. 275a,307a; ἐπʼ ἐλευθερίαν τὰ πλήθη Id. Lg. 699e; ἐπʼ ἀρετήν Isoc. 2.8, Lycurg. 10, etc.; ἐπὶ τὰς ἀδικίας Isoc. 7.46; πρὸς τὸ παρέπεσθαι Pl. Phd. 89a, etc.; συμβουλεύει ἢ προτρέπων ἢ ἀποτρέπων Arist. Rh. 1358b15:— Med., c. acc. pers. et inf., A. Pr. 990, S. OT 358, etc.; προτρέπεσθαι ἀνθρώπους ἐπʼ ἀρετήν, τοὺς συνόντας πρὸς ἐγκράτειαν, X. Mem. 1.4.1, 4.5.1; νόμοι πολίτας ἐς δικαιοσύνην π. Id. Cyr. 2.2.14; προὐτράπετο εἰς τὸ διαλέγεσθαι Pl. Prt. 348c; πρὸς ἀρετῆς ἐπιτηδεύματα π. τοὺς πολίτας Id. Lg. 711b; ὡς . . προετρέψατο ὁ Σόλων τὸν Κροῖσον εἴπας . ., ἐπειρώτα . . , as Solonʼs story led Croesus on, he asked, Hdt. 1.31; προτρέψομαι I will lay an injunction on thee, S. OT 1446 (v.l.); prescribe, ἐν τῇ φαρμακείῃ Hp. Nat.Hom. 9, but cf. Gal. 15.122, 19.133:—Pass., to be persuaded or influenced, ὑπὸ τῶν ὀρνίθων ἀποτρέπεσθαι καὶ π. X. Mem. 1.1.4, cf. Luc. Icar. 29: c. inf., ὑπʼ ἐκείνων -τραπήσεσθαι ὅ τι ἂν κελεύωνται ποιεῖν Phld. Mus.p.87K.; ὑπὸ τῆς ἐλπίδος π. SIG 1073.37 (Olympia, ii A.D.); προετράπη γράψαι Ach.Tat. Vit.Arat.p.77 Maass. III. promote, οὖρα, χυμόν, Gal. 11.32; γάλα, σπέρμα, ib. 771:—Pass., ἢν προτρέπηται ὁποῖα δεῖ if stimulated in the right way, Hp. Acut. 51. IV. in Med., outstrip, outdo, πάντας ἐν τῷ πίνειν Plu. 2.624c. V. search out, discover, E. Hipp. 715 (acc. to Sch.; dub.l.).
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