πρός, a preposition, i.q. Epic mpori, from πρό and the adverbial suffix τι, (cf. the German vor . . . hin [Curtius § 381]); it is joined I. with the AccusaTIvE, to, towards, Lat. ad, denoting direction towards athing, or position and state looking towards a thing (W. § 49h. p. 404 (378)): it is used 1. of the goal or limit towards which a movement is directed: πρός twa or τι, a. prop. after verbs of going, departing, running, coming, ete.: ἄγω, Jn. xi. 15; ἀναβαίνω, Mk. vi. 51; Jn. xx. 17; Acts xv. 2; ἀνακάμπτω, Mt. ii. 12; Acts xvili. 21; ἀνέρχομαι, Gal. i. 17 [1]. Tr mrg. arépy.]; ἀπέρχομαι, Mt. » xiv. 25 [Rec.]; Mk. iii. 13, etc.; πρὸς ἑαυτόν, to his house, Lk. xxiv. 12 [T om. L Trbr. WH reject the ys.; Tr reads mp. αὐτόν ; some connect the phrase w. θαυμάζων (see 2 Ὁ. below) ]; Jn. xx. 10 [Ὁ Tr αὐτούς, WH air. (cf. s. v. αὑτοῦ sub fin.)]; γίνεσθαι πρός τινα, to come to one, 1 Co. ii. 3; xvi. 10; διαπεράω, Lk. xvi. 26; ἐγγίζω, Mk. xi. 1; Lk. xix. 29; εἰσέρχομαι, Mk. vi. 25; Lk. i. 28; Acts χ. 8; [πρὸς τ. Λυδίαν, into the house of L. Acts xvi. 40 (Ree. eis)]; οἷς. ; Rev. 111. 20; εἰσπορεύομαι, Acts xxviii. 30; ἐκπορεύona, Mt. iii. 5; Mk. i. 5; ἐξέρχομαι, Jn. xviii. 29, 38; 2 Co. viii. 17; Heb. xiii. 13; ἐπιστρέφω, to turn (one’s self), Acts ix. 40; 2 Co. iii. 16; 1 Th.i. 9; ἐπισυνάγεσθαι, Mk. i. 33; ἔρχομαι, Mt. iii. 14; vii. 15, and often; ἥκω, Jn. vi. 37; Acts xxviii. 23 [Rec.]; καταβαίνω, Acts x. 21; xiv. 11; Rev. xii. 12; μεταβαίνω, Jn. xiii. 1; ὀρθρίζω, Lk. xxi. 38; παραγίνομαι, Mt. iii. 13; Lk. vii. 4, 20; viii. 19; xi. 6; [xxii. 52 Tdf.]; πορεύομαι, Mt. x. 6; Lk. xi. 5; Jn. xiv. 12, ete.; συνάγεσθαι, Mt. xiii. 2; xxvii. 62; Mk. iv. 1; vi. 30; vii. 1; συντρέχειν, Acts iii. 11; ὑπάγω, Mt. xxvi. 18; Mk. v.19; Jn. vii. 33; xiii. 3; xvi. 5, 10,16 [T Tr WH om. L br. the el.], 17; κατευθύνειν τὴν ὁδόν, 1 Th. iii. 11; also after [kindred] nouns: εἴσοδος, 1 Th. i. 9; ii. 1; mpooaywyn, Eph. ii. 18. after verbs of moving, leading, sending, drawing, bringing, directing: ἄγω, Mk. xi. 7[ RL]; Lk. xviii.40; Jn.i.42 (43); (xviii. 13LT Tr WH]; Acts ix. 27, ete.; ἀπάγω, Mt. xxvi. 57 ΓΕ. V. to the house of C. (cf. Acts xvi. 40 above) ]; Mk. xiv. 53; Jn. xviii. 13 [RG]; Acts xxiii. 17; 1 Co. xi. 2; [ἐξάγω ἕως πρός (see ἕως, II. 2c.), Lk. xxiv. 50 L txt. T Tr WH); κατασύρω, Lk. xii. 58; ἅἁρπάζω, Rev. xii. 5; ἑλκύω, Jn. xii. 32; παραλαμβάνω, Jn. xiv.3; φέρω, Mk. i. 32; ix. 17,19, 20; [xi.7TTrWH]; πέμπω, Lk. vii. 6 [not T WH], 19; Acts xxv. 21[L T Tr WH ἀναπ.], ete. (see πέμπω) : ἀναπέμπω, Lk. xxiii. 7,15; ἀποστέλλω, Mt. xxiii. 34, etc. (see ἀποστέλλω, 1 Ὁ. and d.); στρέφομαι, LK. vii. 44; xxiii. 28. after verbs of falling: πίπτειν πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τινός, Mk. v. 22; vii. 25; [Acts v.10 LT Tr WH]: Rev. i.17. after other verbs and substantives with which the idea of direction is connected: as ἐπιστολὴ πρός τινα. Acts ix. 2; xxii. 5; 2Co. iii. 1; ἐντολη, Acts xvii. 15; ἀνάδειξις, Lk. i. 80; κάμπτω τὰ γόνατα, Eph. 111. 14; ἐκπετάννυμι τὰς χεῖρας, Ro. x. 21 (fr. Is. Ixy. 2); πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον, face (turned) to face, i. 6. in immediate presence, 1 Co. xiii. 12 (after the Hebr., Gen. xxxii. 30; Judges vi. 22); στόμα πρὸς στόμα, mouth (turned) to mouth, i. e. in each other’s presence, 2 Jn. 12; 3 Jn. 14, (see στόμα, 1) ; λαλεῖν πρὸς τὸ οὖς, the mouth being put to the ear, Lk. xii. 3. after verbs of adding, joining to: προστιθέναι τινὰ πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας, to lay one unto, i.e. bury him by the side of, his fathers, Acts xiii. 36 (after the Hebr., 2 K. xxii. 20; Judg. ii. 10); θάπτειν τινὰ πρός τινα, Acts v.10. after verbs of saying (because speech is directed towards some one), in vo king, swearing, testifying, making known: w. an ace. of the pers., dvotyw τὸ στόμα, 2 Co. vi. 11; εἶπον, Lk.i. 13, and very often by Luke; Jn. ἵν. 48; νἱῖ. 3, ete. ; Heb. i. 13; λαλέω, Lk. i. 19, 55; ii. 18, ete.; 1 Th. 1i. 2; Heb. v. 5; xi. 18; λέγω, Lk. v. 36, ete.; Jn. ii. 3; iv. 15, etc.; Heb. vii. 21; φημί, Lk. xxii. 70; Acts ii. 38 [RG]; x. 28, etc.; διαλέγομαι, Acts xxiv. 12; ἀποκρίνομαι, Lk iv. 4: Acts iii, 12; δέομαι, Acts viii. 24; βοάω, Lk. xviii. 7({RGL]; αἴρειν φωνήν, Acts iv. 24; εὔχομαι, 2 Co. xiii. 7; ὄμνυμι, Lk. i. 73; μαρτύς εἰμι, Acts xiii. 31; xxii. 15; Snunyopew, Acts xii. 21; κατηγορέω, to accuse to, bring, as it were, to the judge by accusation, Jn. v. 45; ἐμφανίζω, Acts xxiii. 22; γνωρίζεται, be made known unto, Phil. iv. 6. also after [kindred] substantives [and phrases]: ἀπολογία, addressed unto one, Acts xxii. 1; λόγος, 2 Co. i. 18; λόγος παρακλήσεως, Acts ΧΙ. 15; ὁ λόγος γίνεται πρός τινα, Jn. x. 35 (Gen. xv. 1,4; Jer. i. 2, 115 xiii. 8; Ezek. vi. 1; Hos. i. 1); γίνεται φωνή, Acts vii. 31 Ree.; x. 13, 15; γίνεται ἐπαγγελία, Acts xiii. 32 and Ree. in xxvi. 6 [where 1, Τ Tr WH eis]; προσευχή, Ro. xv. 30; δέησις, Ro. x. 1; προσφέρειν δεήσεις, Heb. v. 7. πρὸς ἀλλήλους after ἀντιβάλλειν λόγους, Lk. xxiv. 17; διαλαλεῖν, Lk. vi. 11; διαλέγεσθαι, Mk. ix. 34; διαλογίζεσθαι, Mk. viii. 16; εἰπεῖν, Lk. ii. 15 [((L mrg. T WH λαλεῖν) ]; xxiv. 32; Jn. xvi. 17; xix. 24; λέγειν, Mk. iv. 41; Lk. viii. 25; Jn. iv. 33; Acts xxviii. 4; ὁμιλεῖν, Lk. xxiv. 14; συλλαλεῖν, Lk. iv. 36. πρὸς ἑαυτούς i. q. πρὸς ἀλλήλους : after συζητεῖν, Mk. i. 27 [Τ WH txt. read simply αὐτούς (as subj.)]; ix. 16; Lk. xxii. 23; εἰπεῖν, Mk. xii. 7; Jn. xii. 19; λέγειν, Mk. xvi. 3; ἀγανακτεῖν, [R. V. had indignation among themselves, saying], Mk. xiv. 4 T WH (ef. Tr) ; see 2 b. below. b. of a time drawing towards a given time [οἷ δ below]: πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἐστίν, towards evening, Lk. xxiv. 29 (Gen. viii. 11; Zech. xiv. 7; Plato de rep. 1 p. 328a.; Joseph. antt. 5, 4, 3; πρὸς ἡμέραν, Xen. anab. 4, 5, 21; Plato, conviv. p. 223 ec.) ; [πρὸς σάββατον, Mk. xv. 42 L Tr txt.]. c. metaph. of mental direction, with words denoting desires and emotions of the mind, fo, towards: ἐνδεικνύειν πραὔτητα, Tit. iii. 2; μακροθυμεῖν, 1 Th. v. 14; ἤπιος, 2 Tim. ii. 24; ἔχθρα, Lk. xxiii. 12; πεποίOnow ἔχειν, 2 Co. iii. 4; [ἐλπίδα ἔχ. Acts xxiv. 15 Tdf.]; πίστις, 1 Th.i. 8; παρρησία, 2 Co. vii. 4; 1 Jn. iii. 21; v. 14; with verbs signifying the mode of bearing one’s self towards a pers., ἐργάζεσθαι τὸ ἀγαθόν, Gal. vi. 10; ποιεῖν τὰ αὐτά, Eph. vi. 9 (Xen. mem. 1,1,6). of a hostile direction, against; so after ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι, Heb. xii. 4; στῆναι, Eph. vi. 11; λακτίζειν, Acts ix. 5 Rec.; xxvi. 14, (see κέντρον, 3); πάλη, Eph. vi. 12; μάχεσθαι, Jn. vi. 52; διακρίνομαι, Acts xi. 2; yoyyvopds, Acts vi. 1; βλασφημία, Rev. xiii. 6; πικραίνεσθαι, Col. iii. 19; ἔχειν τι, Acts xxiv. 19; ἔχειν ζήτημα, χχν. 19; μομφήν, Col. iii. 13; πρᾶγμα, 1 Co. vi. 1; λόγον (see λόγος, I. 6), Acts xix. 38; ἔχειν πρός twa, fo have something to bring against one [R. V. wherewith to answer), 2 Co. v.12; τὰ [which Tr txt. WH om.] πρός τινα, the things to be said against one, Acts xxiii. 30 [RG Tr WH; here may be added πρὸς πλησμονὴν σαρκός, against (i.e. to check) the indulgence of the flesh, Col. ii. 23 (see πλησμονήν]. ἃ. of the issue or end to which anything tends or leads: ἡ ἀσθένεια οὐκ ἔστι πρὸς θάνατον. Jn. xi. 4; ἁμαρτάνειν, ἁμαρτία πρὸς θάνατον, 1 Jn. ν. 10 sq.; ἃ στρεβλοῦσι πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῶν ἀπώλειαν, 2 Pet. iii. 16; τὰ πρὸς τὴν εἰρήνην sc. ὄντα, -now. the things which tend to the restoration of peace [4.V. conditions of peace], Lk. xiv. 32; now, which tend to the attainment of safety [A.V. which belong unto peace], Lk. xix. 42; τὰ πρὸς ζωὴν καὶ εὐσέβειαν, [A. V. that pertain unto], 2 Pet. i. 3; πρὸς δόξαν τῷ θεῷ, 2 Co. i. 20; τοῦ κυρίου, 2 Co. viii. 19. e. of an intended end or purpose: πρὸς νουθεσίαν τινός, 1 Co. x. 11; as other exx. add, Mt. xxvi.12; Ro. iii. 26; xv. 2; 1Co. vi. 5; vil. 35; xii. 7; xiv. 12, 26; xv. 384; 2 Co. iv. 6; vii. 8... χὶ: 85 phe ave 19.5. 1 Mama wlG-pekleb.wa. 11: sie 18; πρὸς τί, to what end, for what intent, Jn. xiii. 28; πρὸς τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην, for the purpose of asking alms, Acts iii. 10; πρὸς τό with an inf. in order to, etc.: Mt. v. 28; vi. 1; xiii.30; xxiii.5; xxvi. 12; Mk. xiii. 22; 2 Co. iii. 18; Eph. vi. 11; 1 Th. ii. 9; 2 Th. iii. 8, also RG in Jas. iii. 3. f. of the time for whicha thing has been, as it were, appointed, i.e. during which it will last; where we use our for (Germ. /iir or auf) [ef. b. above}: πρὸς καιρόν (Lat. ad tempus, Cic. de off. 1,8, 27; de amicitia 15,53; Liv. 21, 25, 14), i.e. for a season, for a while, Lk. viii. 13; 1 Co. vii. 5; πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας, [R. V. for a short season], 1 Th. ii. 17; πρὸς ὥραν, for a short time, for an hour, Jn. v. 35; 2 Co. vii. 8; Gal. ii. 5; Philem. 15; πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας, Heb. xii. 10; πρὸς τὸ παρόν, for the present, ibid. 11 (Thue. 2, 22; Plato lege. 5 p. 736 a.; Joseph. antt. 6, 5,1; Hdian. 1, 3, 13 [5 ed. Bekk.]; Dio Cass. 41, 15); πρὸς ὀλίγον, for alittle time, Jas.iv 14 (Leian. dial. deor.18,1; Aelian vy. ἢ. 12, 63). 2. it is used of close proximity —the idea of direction, though not entirely lost, being more or less weakened ; a. answering to our al or by (Germ. an); after verbs of fastening, adhering, moving (to): δεδέσθαι πρὸς τὴν θύραν. Mk. xi. 4; προσκολλᾶσθαι, Mk. x. 7 RG Tr (inmrg. br.); Eph.v. 31 RG WH txt. ; προσκόπτειν, Mt. iv. 6; Lk. iv. 11; κεῖσθαι, i. q. to be brought near to, Mt. iii. 10; Lk. iii. 9, [(ef. 2 Mace. iv. 33)]; τιθέναι, Acts iii. 2; [iv. 37 Tdf. (al. rapa) ]; add, βεβλῆσθαι, Lk. xvi. 20; τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν, the fore-court [see θύρα, a.], Mk. ii. 2; εἶναι πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν (prop. towards the sea [A. V. by the sea]), Mk. iv. 1; Oeppaiνεσθαι πρὸς τὸ φῶς, turned to the light [R. V. zm the light], Mk. xiv. 543 καθῆσθαι πρὸς τὸ φῶς, Lk. xxii. 56 ; εἱστήκει πρὸς τὸ μνημεῖον, Jn. xx. 11 Rec.; ef. Fritzsche on Mk. p- 201 sq. b. i. q. (Lat. apud) with, with the ace. of a person, after verbs of remaining, dwelling, tarrying, ete. (which require one to be conceived of as always turned towards one), ef. Fritzsche u.s.: after εἶναι, Mt. xiii. 56; Mk. vi. 3; ix. 19; xiv.49; Lk. 1χ. 41 ; Jn.i. 1 sq.; 1Jn.i. 2; 1 Th. iii. 4; 2 Th. ii.5; iii. 10; xii. 20; 2Co. xi. 9 (8); Gal.iv.18, 20; παρουσία, Phil. 1.26; Scapeverv, Gal. ii. 5; παραμένειν, 1 Co. xvi.6; ἐπε-

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from; met. for the benefit of, Acts 27:34; with a dative, near, by, at, by the side of, in the vicinity of, Mk. 5:11; Lk. 19:37; with an accusative, used of the place to which anything tends, to, unto, towards, Mt. 2:12; 3:5, 13; at, close upon, Mt. 3:10; Mk. 5:22; near to, in the vicinity of, Mk. 6:45; after verbs of speaking, praying, answering to a charge, etc., to, Mt. 3:15; 27:14; of place where, with, in, among, by, at, etc., Mt. 26:55; Mk. 11:4; Lk. 1:80; of time, for, during, Lk. 8:13; 1 Cor. 7:5; near, towards, Lk. 24:29; of the end, object, purpose for which an action is exerted, or to which any quality, etc., has reference, to, Jn. 4:35; Acts 3:10; 27:12; before an infin. with τό, in order to, that, in order that, Mt. 6:1; 13:30; 26:12; so as to, so that, Mt. 5:28; of the relation which any action, state, quality, etc., bears to any person or thing, in relation to, of, concerning, in respect to, with reference to, Mt. 19:8; Lk. 12:41; 18:1; 20:19; as it respects, as it concerns, with relation to, Mt. 27:4; Jn. 21:22, 23; according to, in conformity with, Lk. 12:47; 2 Cor. 5:10; in comparison with, Rom. 8:18; in attention to, Eph. 3:4; of the actions, dispositions, etc., exhibited with respect to any one, whether friendly, towards, Gal. 6:10; Eph. 6:9; or unfriendly, with, against, Lk. 23:12; Acts 23:30; after verbs signifying to converse, dispute, make a covenant, etc., with, Lk. 24:14; Acts 2:7; 3:25

πρός, prep. c. gen., dat., acc. C. gen., of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaph., in the interests of, Ac 27:34 (cf. Page, in l.).

C. dat., of local proximity, hard by, near, at: Mk 5:11, Lk 19:37, Jo 18:16 20:11, 12, Re 1:13.

C. acc., of motion or direction towards a place or object, to, towards. Of place, after verbs of motion or of speaking and other words with the idea of direction: ἔρχομαι, ἀναβαίνω, πορεύομαι, λέγω, ἐπιστολή, etc., Mt 3:14, Mk 6:51, Lk 11:5, Jo 2:3, Ac 9:2, al. mult.; metaph., of mental direction, hostile or otherwise, Lk 23:12, Jo 6:52, II Co 7:4, Eph 6:12, Col 3:13, al.; of the issue or end, Lk 14:32, Jo 11:4, al.; of purpose, Mt 26:12, Ro 3:26, I Co 6:5, al.; πρὸς τό, c. inf., denoting purpose (cf. M, Pr., 218, 220; Lft., Notes, 131), Mt 5:28, Mk 13:22, Eph 6:11, I Th 2:9, al.;

of close proximity, at, by, with: Mt 3:10, Mk 11:4, Lk 4:11, Ac 3:2, al.; after εἶναι, Mt 13:56, Mk 6:3, Jo 1:1, al.

Of time, towards (Plat., Xen., LXX: Ge 8:11, al.): Lk 24:29;

for: πρὸς καιρόν, Lk 8:13, I Co 7:5; πρὸς ὥραν, Jo 5:35, al.; πρὸς ὀλίγον, Ja 4:14.

Of relation toward, with: Ro 5:1, II Co 1:12, Col 4:5, I Th 4:12, al.;

with regard to: Mt 19:8, Mk 12:12, Ro 8:31, al.;

pertaining to, to: Mt 27:4, Jo 21:22, Ro 15:17, He 2:17 5:1;

according to: Lk 12:47, II Co 5:10, Ga 2:14, Eph 3:4 4:14;

in comparison with: Ro 8:18.

In composition: towards (προσέρχομαι), to (προσάγω), against (προσκόπτω), besides (προσδαπανάω).

πρός reference to place PSI IV. 31178 (iv/A.D.?) πρ]ὸς τὴν Aavitk.ay τῆς κοίλης Dupials. Headlam (on Herodas VII. 123) holds that τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν in Mk 2? ‘‘is surely idiomatic (not vulgar as Moulton thinks) ‘spots which commanded the door’”: cf. Mt 310, Lk 35. For πρός, ‘‘with,” as in Jn ΤΡ, Heb 41%, cf. Epict. iv. 9. 13 πρὸς ὃν οὐδείς ἐστί σου πιθανώτερος (see Sharp Ξε, p. 92). And for the possibility that the difficult πρός in Mk 63, οἷ", 14%, Jn 1}, 1 Jn 1?, is to be explained as an Aramaism, see Rendel Harris Prologue to S. John’s Gospel p. 8f., and Burney Avamaic Origin of the Fourth Gospel p. 28 f. (6) of time = ‘‘for’’ (a time) and no longer—BGU I. 1131? (A.D. 143) βουλόμενος παρεπιδημεῖν πρὸς καιρόν (cf. Lk 818), P Oxy I. 6714 (A.D. 338) πρὸς ὀλίγον εἰσχύει, ‘‘withstands but for a short time” (cf. Jas 4), and P Flor III. 282° (A.D. 520) πρὸς ὅλον χρόνον. (c) of mental direction, friendly or otherwise—P Hib I. 53° (B.C. 246) πειρῶ οὖν ἀσφαλῶς διεγγυᾶν ws πρὸς σὲ τοῦ λό[γ]ου ἐσομένου, ‘do you therefore endeavour to obtain good security, knowing that you will be held accountable” (Edd.) (cf. Heb 438), P Par 4612 (B.c. 152) (= UPZ i. p- 338) ods (sc. ὅρκους) συνθέμενοι πρὸς ἑαυτόί ---ού)ς (cf. Lk 2312), 26. 487 (B.C. 152) (= UPZ i. p. 340) περὶ το[ῦ] ἀνθρώπου τοῦ πρὸς σὲ τὴν ἀηδείαν ποήσαντος (cf. 2 Cor 74), P Tebt I. 597 (B.C. 99) ἣν ἔχετε πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἄνωθεν πατρικὴν φιλίαν, ‘the hereditary friendship which you have for me of old” (Edil.), P Oxy XIV. 1680!° (ili/iv A.D.) ὑπονοοῦμαι ὅτι πάντως πάλιν τί ποτε ἔχει πρὸς σέ, ‘I suspect that he must have some further claim against you” (Edd.), P Amh II. 145° (iv/v A.D.) τὸ γνωστὸν τῆς πρὸς ἀλ[λήλο]υς συνηθείας, ‘the knowledge of our intimacy with one another” (cf. Jn 652), and from the inserr. /HS xix. (1899) No, 302 (Christian) ὃς δὲ [ἂν κακὴν] κεῖραν (/. χεῖρα) προσενένκῃ, ἔστεί --αι) αὐτῷ πρὸς θεόν. (d) = ‘‘ with reference to,” ‘Sin view of "—P Hib I. 5414 (c. B.C. 245) χρεία yap ἐστι Tats γυναιξὶν πρὸς τὴν θυσίαν, “for he is wanted by the women for the sacrifice’’ (Επ|4.), P Oxy I. 115} (letter of consolation—ii/A.D.) (= Selections, Ρ- 96) ὅμως οὐδὲν δύναταί τις πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα, ‘yet no one can do anything in the face of such things.” (e) = “fat the rate of "—P Oxy II. 2370}: (a.p. 186) τὴν οὐσίαν ταύτην πρὸς ὅλα (τάλαντα) ἡ, “this property for a total sum of 8 talents,” 7d. 1. 1144 (ii/iii A.D.) τὸν τόκον . πρὸς στατῆρα τῆς μνᾶς, “interest, at the rate of a stater per mina.” (f) =“‘according to”—P Amh II. 432° (B.c. 173) μέτρωι δικαίωι τῶι πρὸς τὸ βασιλικὸν χαλκοῦν, “hy just measure calculated by the royal bronze standard” (Edd.): ch, kc 284 x Cor 127) (g) with the articular inf. denoting purpose (as in Mk 1355, 1 Th 2%: Lightfoot oles, p. 131)—P Ryl IT. 691° (B.c. 34) ἀποδοῦναι τὰς προκειμένας κνή(κου) (ἀρτάβας) τε, πρὸς TO μηθὲν τῶν ἐκφορίων διαπεσεῖν, “to restore to us the aforesaid 15 artabae of cnecus, so that the rents suffer no loss” (Edd.), BGU I 22622 (A.D. 99) ὅταν ὃ κράτιστος ἡγεμὼν . τὸν τοῦ νομοῦ διαλογισμὸν ποιῆται πρὸς TO τυχῖν με τῆς ἀπὸ σοῦ βοηθείας, "“ with a view to my obtaining your assistance,” P Oxy II. 2370}. 35. (A.p. 186) ὅπως φροντίσῃς ἀκόλουθα πρᾶξαι τοῖς πίε]ρὶ το[ύ]του πρότερον γραφεῖσι ὑπὸ Λογγαίου ἱῬούφο[υ] τοῦ διασημοτάτο[υ] πρὸς τὸ μὴ πίε]ρὶ τῶν αὐτῶν πάλιν αὐτὸν ἐντυγχάνειν, ‘‘see that the .

πρός (pros) — to/with. πρός, preposition, expressing direction, __A on the side of, in the direction of, hence with genitive, dative, and accusative, from, at, to: Epic dialect also προτί and ποτί, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] usually with accusative, more rarely with dative, and each only once with genitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—dialectal forms: Doric dialectποτί (which see) and ποί, but Cretan dialect πορτί [Refs], Argive προτ(ί) [Refs 7th c.BC+] πός [Refs 4th c.BC+]., also sometimes in Asia Minor in compounds, see at {ποσάγω},{ποσφέρω}; Aeolic dialect πρός [Refs 7th c.BC+]; πρές [Refs 6th c.AD+]; Pamphylian περτ (ί) [Refs] (With προτί, πρός cf. Sanskrit práti 'towards, near to, against, back, etc.', Slavonic protiv[ucaron], Lett. pret 'against', Latin pretium: ποτί (which see) and πός are not cognate) [Refs 4th c.BC+] refers to that from which something comes: __A.I of Place, from, ἵκετο ἠὲ π. ἠοίων ἦ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.I.2 on the side of, towards, νήσοισι πρὸς Ἤλιδος towards Elis, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἁλός, π. Θύμβρης, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φυλακαὶ π. Αἰθιόπων, π. Ἀραβίων, π. Διβύης, on the frontier towards the Ethiopians, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+] one on the north side, the other on the south side, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τοῦ Τμώλου τετραμμένον τῆς πόλιος (in such phrases the accusative is more common) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῆσδε τῆς ὁδοῦ τὸ π. τοῦ λιμένος ἅπαν everything on the harbour-ward side of this road, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.I.3 before, in presence of, μάρτυροι ἔστων π. τε θεῶν μακάρων π. τε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποίτοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος.. ὑπίσχομαι probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+] __A.I.3.b in the eyes of, ἄδικον οὐδὲν οὔτε π. θεῶν οὔτε π. ἀνθρώπων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσιος π. θεῶν Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατειπάτω.. ἁγνῶς π. τοῦ θεοῦ if he wishes to be pure in the sight of the god, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς π. ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.I.4 in supplication or adjuration, before, and so, in the name of, σε.. γουνάζομαι.. π. τ᾽ ἀλόχου καὶ πατρός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱκετεύω, ἀντιβολῶ π. παίδων, π. γυναικῶν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently with other words, π. τῆς ἑστίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes in questions, π. θεῶν, τίς οὕτως εὐήθης ἐστί; in heaven's name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes in Trag. with the pronoun σε between preposition and case, π. νύν σε πατρὸς π. τε μητρός.. ἱκνοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.I.5 of origin or descent, from, on the side of, γένος ἐξ Ἁλικαρνησσοῦ τὰ π. πατρός by the father's side, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόγονοι ἢ π. ἀνδρῶν ἢ γυναικῶν in the male or female line, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ π. αἵματος blood-relations, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II of effects proceeding from what cause soever: __A.II.1 from, at the hand of, with Verbs of having, receiving, etc., ὡς ἂν.. τιμὴν καὶ κῦδος ἄρηαι π. πάντων Δαναῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+] to have been taught by.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἴσχε᾽ ἀκούω π. Τρώων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; also λόγου οὐδενὸς γίνεσθαι π. τινῶν [Refs]; παθεῖν τι π. τινός at the hand of,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τῆς τύχης ὄλωλεν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with an adjective or substantive, τιμήεσσα π. πόσιος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄρκεσις π. ἀνδρός, δόξα π. ἀνθρώπων, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, οἶμαι γὰρ ἂν οὐκ ἀχαρίστως μοι ἔχειν οὔτε π. ὑμῶν οὔτε π. τῆς Ἑλλάδος I shall meet with no ingratitude at your hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II.2 of things, π. τίνος ποτ᾽ αἰτίας [τέθνηκεν]; from of by what cause? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀμπλακημάτων by or by reason of.., [Refs] __A.III of dependence or close connexion: hence, __A.III.1 dependent on one, under one's protection, π. Διός εἰσι ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας π. Διὸς εἰρύαται by commission from him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἄλλης ἱστὸν ὑφαίνοις at the bidding of another, [Refs] __A.III.2 on one's side, in one's favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.IV of that which is derivable from: hence, agreeable to, becoming, like, τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔργα οὐ π. τοῦ ἅπαντος ἀνδρὸς νενόμικα γίνεσθαι, ἀλλὰπ. ψυχῆς τε ἀγαθῆς καὶ ῥώμης ἀνδρηΐης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ κάρτα π. γυναικὸς αἴρεσθαι κέαρ 'tis very like a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δίκης οὐδὲν τρέμων agreeably to justice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐάν τι ἡμῖν π. λόγου ᾖ if it be at all to our purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]correctly, [Refs]; but π. τρόπου τι ὠνεῖσθαι buy at a reasonable price, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἀγαθοῦ, π. κακοῦ τινί ἐστι or γίγνεται, it is to one's advantage or otherwise, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἀτιμίας λαβεῖν τι to take a thing as an insult, regard it so, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; λαβεῖν τι π. ὀργῆς (variant{ὀργήν}) [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τῷ δήμῳ π. αἰσχύνης ἂν ἦν, π. ὀνείδους ἂν ἦν τῇ πόλει, [Refs 4th c.AD+] __B WITH DAT., it expresses proximity, hard by, near, at, ποτὶ γαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποτὶ δρυσίν among the oaks, [Refs]; πρὸς ἄκμονι χαλκεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγκυραν ποτὶ ναΐ κρημνάντων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; θακεῖν π. ναοῖς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς μάχην καθίστασθαι π. (variant ὑπ᾽) αὐτῇ τῇ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. Αἰγίνῃ στράτευμα off Aegina, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Αίβυες οἱ π. Αἰγύπτῳ bordering on.., [Refs]; τὸ π. ποσί that which is close to the feet, before one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς π... πήματι over it, [Refs]; αἱ π. τῇ βάσει γωνίαι the angles at the base, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.2 before, in the presence of, π. τοῖς θεσμοθέταις, π. τῷ διαιτητῇ λέγειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.3 with Verbs denoting motion towards a place, upon, against, ποτὶ δὲ σκῆπτρον βάλε γαίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λιαζόμενον ποτὶ γαίῃ sinking on the ground, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.4 sometimes with a notion of clinging closely, προτὶ οἷ λάβε clasped to him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δμῳαῖσι κλίνομαι fall into the arms of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]close to, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.II to express close engagement, at the point of, π. αὐτῷ γ᾽ εἰμὶ τῷ δεινῷ λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; engaged in or about, π. τῷ εἰρημένῳ λόγῳ ἦν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διατρίβειν or σχολάζειν π. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν διάνοιαν, τὴν γνώμην ἔχειν π. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατατάξαι αὐτὸν π. γράμμασιν, i.e. give him a post as clerk, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁ π. τοῖς γράμμασι τεταγμένος [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __B.III to express union or addition, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] and besides them sleep, [Refs 8th c.BC+]in addition to, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. ταῖς ἡμετέραις [τριήρεσι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυβερνήτης π. τῇ σκυτοτομίᾳ in addition to his trade of leather-cutter, [Refs 5th c.BC+] besides his youth, [Refs]; π. τούτοισι besides this, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely in singular, π. τούτῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοῖς ἄλλοις besides all the rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C WITH ACCU[Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.I of Place, towards, to, with Verbs of Motion, ἰέναι π. Ὄλυμπον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἰέναι π. δώματα, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῥίπτασκε ποτὶ νέφεα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπῆλθε πρὸς ἑαυτόν returned to his home, [LXX]; κληθῆναι π. τὸ δεῖπνον (rarer than ἐπὶ δεῖπνον) [Refs 1st c.AD+] __C.I.2 with Verbs implying previous motion, upon, against, π. τεῖχος, π. κίονα ἐρείσας, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χῶρον π. αὐτὸν τόνδ᾽ uncertain in [LXX+NT]; π. ὑμᾶς παραμενῶ with you, [NT]beside, [Refs] __C.I.2.b of addition, ποὶ τὰν στάλαν ποιγραψάνσθω τάδε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵππον προσετίθει πρὸς τοὔνομα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσεδαπάνησε π. τὸ μερισθὲν αὐτῷ εἰς τὸ ἔλαιον ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων over and above the sum allotted to him, [Refs]; προσετέθη π. τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ was gathered to his people, [LXX] __C.I.3 with Verbs of seeing, looking, etc., towards, ἰδεῖν π. τινά [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁρᾶν, ἀποβλέπειν π. τι or τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στάντε ποτὶ πνοιήν so as to face it, [Refs 8th c.BC+] against the wind, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κλαίεσκε π. οὐρανόν cried to heaven, [Refs 8th c.BC+] lie towards the West, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Prose, π. ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἥλιον facing the sun, and so, in the sunlight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so π. λύχνον by lamplight, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. φῶς in open day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, by torch-light, [Refs 1st c.AD+] __C.I.4 in hostile sense, against, π. Τρῶας μάχεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δαίμονα against his will,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in argument, in reply to, ταῦτα π. τὸν Πιττακὸν εἴρηται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and so in the titles of judicial speeches, πρός τινα in reply to, less strong than κατά τινος against or in accusation, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __C.I.5 without any hostile sense, π. ἀλλήλους ἔπεα πτερόεντ᾽ ἀγόρευον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π.ξεῖνον φάσθαι ἔπος ἠδ᾽ ἐπακοῦσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λέγειν, εἰπεῖν, φράζειν π. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὤμοσε δὲ π. ἔμ᾽ αὐτόν he swore to me, [Refs 8th c.BC+] sometimes governs the reflexive pronoun, διαλογίζεσθαι π. ὑμᾶς αὐτούς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀναμνήσθητε, ἐνθυμήθητε π. ὑμᾶς αὐτούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μινύρεσθαι, ἄδειν π. ἑαυτόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.I.5.b π. σφέας ἔχειν δοκέουσι, i.e. they think they are pregnant, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.I.6 of various kinds of intercourse or reciprocal action, π... Διομήδεα τεύχε᾽ ἄμειβεν changed arms with Diomedes, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σπονδάς, συνθήκας ποιεῖσθαι π. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διαλέγεσθαι π. τινά converse with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διαλογίζεσθαι π. τινά balance accounts with.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἃ ἔχει διελόμενος π. τὸν ἀδελφόν [Refs 4th c.BC+] __C.I.6.b in phrases of the form ἡ π. τινὰ εὔνοια (ἔχθρα, etc.), π. sometimes means towards, as ἡ π. αὑτοὺς φιλία the affection of their wives towards or for them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φυσικαὶ τοκέων στοργαὶ π. τέκνα ποθεινά [Refs]: but sometimes at the hands of, ἡ π. τὸ θεῖον εὐμένεια the favour of the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φθόνος τοῖς ζῶσι π. τὸ ἀντίπαλον jealousy is incurred by the living at the hands of their rivals, [Refs]; τὴν ἀπέχθειαν τὴν π. Θηβαίους.. τῇ πόλει γενέσθαι the hostility incurred by Athens at the hands of the Thebans, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῇ φιλίᾳ τῇ π. τὸν τετελευτηκότα the friendship with (not 'affection for') the deceased, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ φόβῳ τῷ π. ὑμᾶς the fear inspired by you, [Refs]; τῇ π. Ῥωμαίους εὐνοία his popularity with the Romans, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __C.I.7 of legal or other business transacted before a magistrate, witness, etc., τάδε ὁ σύλλογος ἐβουλεύσατο.. π. μνήμονας [Refs 5th c.BC+] before a jury, ἔστι δὲ τούτοις μὲν π. ὑμᾶς ἁγών, ὑμῖν δὲ π. ἅπασαν τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; before a witness to whom an appeal for corroboration is made, [Refs]; φέρρεν αὐτὸν πὸ (τ) τὸν Δία in the eyes of Zeus, [Refs]; λαχεῖν πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα, γράφεσθαι π. τοὺς θεσμοθέτας, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θέντων τὰ.. ποτήρια.. π. Πολύχαρμον having pawned the cups with P., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also διαβάλλειν τινὰ π. τοὺς πολλούς [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II of Time, towards or near a certain time, at or about, ποτὶ ἕσπερα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποτ᾽ ὄρθρον (nisi to be read πότορθρον) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π.ἀῶ ἐγρέσθαι, π. ἡμέραν ἐξεγρέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. γῆρας, π. τὸ γῆρας, in old age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εὐάνθεμον φυάν in the bloom of life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέχρις ὅτου π. γυναῖκας ὦσι, i.e.of marriageable age, [Refs] for the moment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; see below 111.5. __C.III of Relation between two objects, __C.III.1 in reference to, in respect of, touching, τὰ π. τὸν πόλεμον military matters, equipments, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ π. τὸν βασιλέα our relations to the King, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ π. βασιλέα πράγματα the negotiations with the King, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ π. τοὺς θεούς our relations, i.e. duties, to the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]in respect of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕτερος λόγος, οὐ π. ἐμέ that is another matter, and does not concern me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν φορέτρων ὄντων π. ἐμέ freightage shall be my concern, i.e. borne by me, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. τοῦτον ἦν ἡ τῶν διαφόρων πρᾶξις [LXX]; ἐὰν.. βοᾷ καὶ σχετλιάζῃ μηδὲν π. τὸ πρᾶγμα, nihil ad rem, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν π. τὸν Διόνυσον Prov. cited in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὐδὲν αὐτῷ π. τὴν πόλιν ἐστίν he owes no reckoning to the State, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔσται αὐτῷ π. τὸν Θεόν (i.e. ὁ λόγος) he shall have to reckon with God, [Refs]; ἔσται π. τὴν Τριάδαν [Refs]; π. πολλοὺς ἔχων ἀγωνιστάς [Refs] see at {ὅσα μῦς ἐν πίσσῃ},[NT+5th c.BC+]; [τὸ or τὰ] πρός τι, the relative term or terms, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ π. τι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for two, [Refs]; π. ἡμᾶς relatively to us, opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀρθὸς πρός or ποτί with accusative, perpendicular to, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __C.III.2 in reference to, in consequence of, πρὸς τοῦτο τὸ κήρυγμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὴν φήμην in view of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: with neuter pronoun, π. τ; wherefore? to what end? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. οὐδέν for nothing, in vain, [Refs]; π. οὐδὲν ἀναγκαῖον unnecessarily, [Refs 8th c.BC+]therefore, this being so, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.III.3 in reference to or for a purpose, ἕστηκεν.. μῆλα π. σφαγάς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χρήσιμος, ἱκανὸς π. τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιεῖ π. ἐπιλημπτικούς is efficacious for cases of epilepsy, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.III.3.b with a view to or for a future time, ὅπως.. γράμματα δῷ π. ἢν ἂν ἡμέραν ἑκάτεροι παραγίνωνται [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; θαυμάζεται τὰ Περικλέους ἔργα π. πολὺν χρόνον ἐν ὀλίγῳ γενόμενα [Refs 1st c.AD+] __C.III.3.c ={πρός} [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.III.4 in proportion or relation to, in comparison with, κοῖός τις δοκέοι ἀνὴρ εἶναι π. τὸν πατέρα Κῦρον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας ναῦς τὸ μέσον σκοπεῖν the mean between.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς παρεὸν.. μῆτις ἀέξεται ἀνθρώποισι in proportion to the existing (physical development), [Refs 5th c.BC+] sells twice against or relatively to silver, i.e. for twice its weight in silver, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; [ἡ μαργαρῖτις λίθος] πωλεῖται.. π. χρυσίον for its weight in gold, Androsthenes cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπως π. τὰς τιμὰς τῶν κριθῶν τὰ ἄλφιτα πωλήσουσι on the basis of the price of barley, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐξέστω αὐτοῦ ἀπογραφὴ τῆς οὐσίας π. τοῦτο τὸ ἀργύριον Ἀθηναίων τῷ βουλομένῳ property equal in value to this silver, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τῶν ἐγγύων τῶν ἐγγυωμένων π. [αὐτὰ] τὰ κτήματα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; θέντων τὰ ποτήρια π. χρυσοῦς ἑκατόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀπαγομένους εἰς φυλακὴν π. τὰ χρέα imprisoned for debt, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τοὺς π. καταδίκας ἐκπεπτωκότας [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐγδίδομεν τὸ ἔργον.. π. χαλκόν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οἷον π. ἀργύριον τὴν δόξαν τὰς ψυχὰς ἀποδιδόμενοι [Refs 4th c.AD+]; π. ἅλας ἠγορασμένος, i.e. 'dirt cheap', [Refs 4th c.BC+] i.e. dine frugally, take pot-luck, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of measurements of time by the flow from the clepsydra, π. ἕνδεκα ἀμφορέας ἐν διαμεμετρημένῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ κρίνομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. κλεψύδραν Eub.p.182 K., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; hence later, π. ὀλίγον for a short time, ἐπανεῖναι π. ὀλίγον τὴν πολιορκίαν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; π.ὀλίγον καιρόν, χρόνον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]Prooem.; π. ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν poetical in [Refs]; π. βραχύ [Refs 4th c.AD+] (by) a little past their best, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; π.μόνην τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __C.III.5 in or by reference to, according to, in view of, π. τὸ παρεὸν βουλεύεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς π. ὑμᾶς ζῶσι those who live with your interests in view, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ παιδεύεσθαι π. τὰς πολιτείας suitably to them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁρῶ.. ἅπαντας π. τὴν παροῦσαν δύναμιν τῶν δικαίων ἀξιουμένους according to their power, [Refs 4th c.BC+]according to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πὸς τὰς συνθέσις in accordance with the agreements, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; τὸν δικαστὰν ὀμνύντα κρῖναι πορτὶ τὰ μωλιόμενα having regard to the pleadings, [Refs], compare 9.30; αἱ ἀρχαὶ.. πρὸς τὰ κατεσκευασμένα σύμβολα σηκώματα ποιησάμεναι after making weights and measures in accordance with, or by reference to, the established standards, [Refs]; π. τὰ στάθμια τὰ ἐν τῷ ἀργυροκοπίῳ as measured by the weights in the mint, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; [Εόλων] ἐποίησε σταθμὰ π. τὸ νόμισμα made (trade-) weights on the basis of (i.e. proportional to) the coinage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τὸ δικαιότατον in accordance with the most just principle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __C.III.6 with the accompaniment of musical instruments, π. κάλαμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. αὐλόν or τὸν αὐλόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ῥυθμὸν ἐμβαίνειν to step in time, [Refs 1st c.BC+] __C.III.7 πρός c.accusative frequently periphrastic for adverb, π. βίαν, = βιαίως, under compulsion, νῦν χρὴ.. τινα π. βίαν πώνην [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἥκω.. π. βίαν under compulsion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; by force, forcibly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐ π. βίαν τινός not forced by any one, [Refs] (but also, in spite of any one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀλκήν, π. ἀνάγκαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἡδονὴν λέγειν, δημηγορεῖν, so as to please, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λούσασθαι τὸ σῶμα π. ἡδ. as much or little as one like s, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸ τερπνόν calculated to delight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. χάριν so as to gratify, μήτε π. ἔχθραν ποιεῖσθαι λόγον μήτε π. χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] with genitive _of things_, π. χάριν τινός for the sake of, π. χ. βορᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]by means of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ὀργήν with anger, angrily, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸ λιπαρές importunately, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. καιρόν seasonably, [Refs]; π. εὐτέλειαν cheaply, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. μέρος in due proportion, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τέτραπτο π. ἰθύ οἱ straight towards him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ὀρθὰς (i.e. γωνίας (.. τῇ AEB at right angles to, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἀχθηδόνα, π. ἀπέχθειαν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γυνὴ π. ἀλήθειαν οὖσα in truth a woman, a very woman, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] in the highest degree, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.III.8 of Numbers. up to, about, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __D AB[Refs 5th c.BC+] AS adverb., besides, over and above; in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently at the end of a second clause, τάδε λέγω, δράσω τε π. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __E IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words), __E.I motion towards, as προσάγω, προσέρχομαι, etc. __E.II addition, besides, as προσκτάομαι, προσδίδωμι, προστίθημι, etc. __E.III a being on, at, by, or beside: hence, a remaining beside, and metaphorically connexion and engagement with anything, as πρόσειμι, προσγίγνομαι, etc. __F REMARKS, __F.1 in poetry πρός sometimes stands after its case and before an attribute, ποίμνας βουστάσεις τε π. πατρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστυ πότι (or ποτὶ) σφέτερον [Refs 8th c.BC+] __F.2 in [Refs 8th c.BC+] __F.3 sometimes (in violation of the rule given by [Refs 2nd c.AD+] followed by an enclitic pronoun, πρός με [Refs 5th c.BC+]