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προίξ

proix

gift, present

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What it meant

1. προίξ · proix — Beekes

προίξ, προικός [f.] ‘gift, present’ (v 15, p 413, both gen., on which see below), ‘dowry’ (Att), see Sommer 1948: 94; also late pap. as an archaizing term in juridical jargon. «1Ε *seiHk- ‘stretch forth the hand’> *VAR Used adverbially: acc. προῖκα ‘gratuitous, for free’ (Att.), probably also gen. προικός (V 15). «COMP ἄ-προικος ‘without dowry’ (Att.); see Sommer Lc. *DER Diminutive npotx-iétov [n.] (Phu.); adj. … — [Beekes, s.v. προίξ, p. 1287]

2. προίξ · proix — Chantraine

προίξ : gén. προικός f. «don» (Od. 18,16; 17,413, tous deux au gén.) «en pur don» avec un sens quasi adverbial, pour 17,413 voir la note de Stanford ; en attique c'est le terme juridique pour désigner la dot de la femme, constamment employé dans les plaidoyers d'Isée et de Démosthène ; il subsiste dans les pap. (pour φέρνη voir s.u.) ; sur προίξ voir RE 23,133-169 Wolff. Le sens général du mot subsiste dans l’acc. … — [Chantraine, s.v. προίξ, p. 957]

3. προίξ · proix — Frisk

προίξ, προικός f. “Gabe, Geschenk’ (ν 15, ρ 413 [Gen.]; vgl. unten), “Mitgift’ (att. [Sommer Nominalkomp. 94], auch sp. Pap. als archaisierender Ausdruck der Rechtssprache [Chantraine Mel. Maspero 2, 222f.]); Akk. προῖκα als Adv. “unentgeltlich, umsonst’ (att.; ebenso wohl der Gen. σιροικός ν 15); ἄ-προικος “ohne Mitgift” (att.; Sommer 8.0.). Davon das Demin. rzooıx-idiov τι. (Plu.); die Adj. -ίδιος “eine Mitgift … — [Frisk, s.v. προίξ, p. 1570]

4. προίξ · proix — LSJ

gift, present, of his bounty, without reimbursement, with impunity, gift

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 likely to make trial of the Achaeans with impunity, 17.413 (unless π. γ. = taste the gift).

2 marriage-portion, dowry, as part of the dowry

after Hom., marriage-portion, 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 IG 2(2).2675.

II as a free gift, freely, at oneʼs own cost, without a gift, unbribed, of oneself, without a teacher

acc. προῖκα as Adv., as a free gift, freely, at oneʼs 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. IG 3.702, etc.; παῖς . . κακὸν μὲν δρᾶν τι προῖκʼ ἐπίσταται of oneself, without a teacher, [S.]Fr. 1120.

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2 to say nothing of, in addition to

π. τῆς δόξης to say nothing of, in addition to, Plu. Glor.Ath. 2.349e.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. προίξ (scan pp. 1287-1288; entry #5159). Root candidates: *seiHk-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. προίξ (scan p. 957; entry #6753).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. προίξ (scan p. 1570; entry #4817).

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