- προίξ
- προίξ, προικός, ἡ (on the accent v. Arc.125, An.Ox.3.243; [dialect] Ion. accus. πρόϊκα acc. to EM495.33),A gift, present, in Hom. only gen. προικός, as Adv., ἀργαλέον ἕνα προικὸς χαρίσασθαι burdensome is it for a single person to give of his bounty, without reimbursement, Od. 13.15; ἔμελλεν . . προικὸς γεύσεσθαι Ἀχαιῶν was like ly to make trial of the Achaeans with impunity, 17.413 (unless π. γ. = taste the gift).2 after Hom., marriage-porlion, dowry, Hippon.(?)72, And. 4.14, Lys.19.9, Pl.Lg.774c, al.; ἐν τῇ προικὶ τετιμημένα reckoned as part of the dowry, D.47.57;
ἀποτετιμημένα προικὸς τῇ διοδώρου θυγατρί IG22.2675
.II acc. προῖκα as Adv., as a free gift, freely, at one's own cost, Ar.Eq.577,679, Nu.1426;π. ἐργάζεσθαι Pl.R.346e
;ἀρετὴ τὸ π. τοῖς φίλοις ὑπηρετεῖν Antiph. 210
; π. κρίνειν, πρεσβεύειν, without a gift, unbribed, D.5.12, 19.232, cf. IG3.702, etc.; παῖς . . κακὸν μὲν δρᾶν τι προῖκ' ἐπίσταται of oneself, without a teacher, [S.]Fr. 1120.62π. τῆς δόξης
to say nothing of, in addition to,Plu.
2.349e.
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