Plato › Greek Lexicon › προὔργου

προὔργου

prourgou

serving for

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Dictionary (LSJ)

προὔργου, contr. for πρὸ ἔργου (as it is written in Arist. Rh. 1354b27, PA 674b2, Arr. Fr. 163J.), A. serving for or towards a work, serviceable, τι τῶν προὔργου something useful, Th. 4.17, Ar. Pl. 623; οὐδὲν π. [ἐστί] itʼs no good, And. 2.21; τῶν π. τι δρᾶν Ar. Ec. 784; φαίνεταί μοι π. τι ἂν γενέσθαι Pl. Tht. 197a, cf. Isoc. 4.19, etc.; ἆρά τι π. ἡμῖν ἐστιν αὐτὸ σκοποῦσι πρὸς τὸ κατιδεῖν; Pl. R. 376c; ἔς τι ib.d; π. τι ποιῆσαι εἴς τι ib.498d; π. τι πεποιηκέναι πρός τι Id. Men. 84b, cf. X. HG 7.1.10; ὑπόθεσιν π. ἔχειν πρὸς . . Pl. Men. 87a: c. gen., τί ὑμῖν π. τῆς ξυνόδου ταύτης ἂν εἴη; Id. Demod. 380c; οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς ἦν π., c. inf., Id. Alc. 2.149e, cf. D. 5.1: as Adv. serviceably, conveniently, π. πεσόντα E. IT 309, cf.Hel. 1379. II. Comp. προὐργιαίτερος, α, ον, more serviceable, important, ἕτερα ἦν προὐργιαίτερα αὐταῖς Ar. Lys. 20, cf. D. 19.228; χάριν προὐργιαιτέραν Din. 1.114: mostly in neut., τῷ μὲν οὐδὲν προὐργιαίτερόν ἐστιν ἢ σκοπεῖν Isoc. 4.134, cf. PSI 4.380.7 (iii B.C.); π. ποιεῖσθαί τι deem of more consequence, Th. 3.109, Isoc. 6.35 (also Posit. in Comp. sense, οὐδὲν ἔστι μοι προὔργου ἢ . . Hp. Ep. 17); οὐδὲν π. ποιεῖσθαι τούτου Plb. 2.7.10, etc.; π. τι γενέσθαι Pl. Grg. 458c.—Sup. προὐργιαίτατος, η, ον, Hsch., Suid.; προὐργιέστατος Hsch. s.v. προκαδέστατον: Adv. Sup. προυργιαίτατα cj. in Hp. Liqu. 6; -ιαίτατον Paul.Aeg. 3.61.
‹ All lexicon entries