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παρασκευ-αστικός

paraskeuastikos

skilled in providing

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Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

παρασκευ-αστικός · paraskeu-astikos — LSJ

skilled in providing, causing

skilled in providing, τῶν εἰς τὸν πόλεμον X. Mem. 3.1.6, cf. Arist. VV 1250a3 ; π. ἡδονῆς, λύπης, ἀταραξίας, causing them, Thphr. Char. 5.1, 19.1, Phld. Piet. 65 ; βεβαίου τόπου Epicur. Nat. 11.11 ; νόσου Alcmaeon 4 (v.l.), cf. Porph. Abst. 1.33 ; ὄγκου αἱ φαντασίαι παρασκευαστικώταται Longin. 15.1 ; π. πρός τι Andronic.Rhod.p.574M.

2 preparatory

abs., preparatory, opp. ἀποθεραπευτικός, Gal. 6.117, cf. Asclep.Bith. ap. Cael.Aur. TP 2.13.

3 on preparations for defence, signal for making ready

ἡ π. βίβλος treatise on preparations for defence, Aen.Tact. 7.4, al. ; τὸ π. the signal for making ready (to march), D.C. 47.43.

In the wild

παρασκευαστικὴ · paraskeuastikē Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 6)
παρασκευαστικαὶ · paraskeuastikai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2976)
παρασκευαστικὸν · paraskeuastikon Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 959)

Where it came from

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