πρᾶος
πρᾶος, ον, also πρᾱΰς, Ion. πρηΰς, εῖα, ΰ:— πρᾶος supplies sg. in Att., Trag., and Com., exc. that the fem. is always πραεῖα ( πρᾶος as fem. only in Plu. Superst. 2.168d); but sg. πραΰς, Ion. πρηΰς, is used in Ep. and Lyr. (also in X. and usu. in LXX, Plb., etc.):—pl., nom. πρηέες Hp. Epid. 1.10, πρηεῖς AP 5.208 ( Posidipp. or Asclep.), πρᾶοι Pl. R. 562d, etc.; fem. πρηεῖαι AP 6.244 ( Crin.); neut. πραέα X. Oec. 15.4, Eq. 9.10, etc., πρᾶα Arist. HA 488b22, f.l. in Ph. 2.351; gen. πραέων X. An. 1.4.9; dat. πραέσι Pl. Lg. 888a, 930a, fem. πραίαις written for πραείαις IG 7.3101 ( Lebad., iii A.D.); acc. πραεῖς Plb. 18.37.7, πράους Isoc. 3.55: Comp. πραότερος Lys. 20.21, πραΰτερος Epich. 153, Pl. Ti. 85a, etc., Ion. πρηΰτ- Hdt. 2.181: Sup. πραότατος Pl. Phd. 116c, etc., πραΰτατος Syria 5.337 ( Sidon); Ep. and Ion. πρηΰτατος A.R. 2.937, AP 6.349 ( Phld.); πράϋστος MAMA 1.237 ( Phrygia). (The ι subscr. is freq. written in codd., but Πρᾶος is written in IG 2(2).1928.20 (pr. n., iv B.C.), IGRom. 4.504 (Pergam.), cf. Phot., Et.Gud. 478.31; πραύτερος is found once in codd., Pl. Ti. l.c. (proved wrong by πραΰς Com.Adesp. in Gött. Nachr. 1922.31, πραέα (neut. pl.) in PCair.Zen. 33.12 (iii B.C.), πραέως UPZ 144.6 (ii B.C.), and by the absence of iota in Ion. πρηΰς)):—
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"definition": "<i>mild, soft, gentle</i> (not in Il. or Od.):",
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"definition": "πρηῢ σέλας H.Hom. 8.10; πραῢς ὄαρος Pi. P. 4.136; <i>mild,</i> πυρετοί Hp. l.c.; ἰητρείη πρηεῖα Id. Art. 69; of sound, <i>soft, gentle,</i> τὴν φωνὴν πραοτέραν ποιοῦνται X. Smp. 1.10; ἀνέμων πρηΰτατε Ζέφυρε AP 6.349 ( Phld.); ὠδῖνες ib. 244 ( Crin.); κέντρον ib. 229 ( Id.).",
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"quote": "ἰητρείη πρηεῖα",
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"quote": "τὴν φωνὴν πραοτέραν ποιοῦνται",
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"quote": "ἀνέμων πρηΰτατε Ζέφυρε",
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"definition": "<i>mild, gentle, meek,</i> πραῢς ἀστοῖς Pi. P. 3.71; πᾶσιν ἵλεώς τε καὶ πρᾶος Pl. R. 566e; πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους π. ib. 375c; π. τὸ ἦθος Id. Phdr. 243c; π. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Id. Euthd. 303d; esp. after having been angry, Hdt. 2.181 ( Comp.); ὁ θὴρ ὅδʼ ἡμῖν π., of Dionysus, E. Ba. 436; of a horse, <i>gentle,</i> ἀλλήλοις πραότεροι X. Cyr. 2.1.29; of other animals, <i>tame,</i> ἰχθύων μεγάλων καὶ πραέων Id. An. 1.4.9, cf. Arist. HA 488b22; ζῷα . . πραέα πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους X. Oec. 15.4: prov., πραΰτερος μολόχας Epich. 153; also, τόπος ἡμερώτερος καὶ πραότερος Isoc. 9.67.",
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"quote": "πᾶσιν ἵλεώς τε καὶ πρᾶος",
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"quote": "π. τὸ ἦθος",
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"quote": "π. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις",
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"quote": "ἀλλήλοις πραότεροι",
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"quote": "ἰχθύων μεγάλων καὶ πραέων",
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"quote": "ζῷα . . πραέα πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους",
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"quote": "πραΰτερος μολόχας",
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"quote": "τόπος ἡμερώτερος καὶ πραότερος",
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"definition": "<i>mild,</i> τιμωρίαι πραότεραι Pl. Lg. 867b; πραότεραι ἡδοναί ib. 815e; λόγοι, ἤθη, φύσις, ib. 888a, 930a, R. 375c; ὄσσοισι πρηέσιν δέρκευ BMus.Inscr. 921b8 ( Branchidae, i/ii A.D.); τὰ πραέα <i>caresses,</i> X. Eq. 9.10; πραότερα πάσχειν Pl. Cri. 49b.",
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"quote": "τιμωρίαι πραότεραι",
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"quote": "ὄσσοισι πρηέσιν δέρκευ",
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"quote": "τὰ πραέα",
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"label": "II",
"definition": "<i>making mild, taming,</i> φάρμακον πραῢ τείνων ἀμφὶ γένυι, of a bridle, Pi. O. 13.85; προκινεῖν αὐτὸν [τὸν ἵππον] ὡς πραοτάτοις σημείοις X. Eq. 9.3.",
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"definition": "Adv. πράως, <i>mildly, gently,</i> πράως πείθειν τινά, φέρειν τι, Pl. R. 589c, Cri. 43b; πράως ἔχειν πρός τι Id. Ly. 211e; πράως λέγειν τὸ πάθος to speak <i>lightly</i> of it, X. An. 1.5.14; πράως διακεῖσθαι, opp. ὀργίζεσθαι, D. 21.183; πράως, μὴ πικρῶς Id. 18.265; in physical sense, <i>gently,</i> Orib. Fr. 134: Comp., πραότερον προδιδάσκειν, κολάζειν, Pl. Grg. 489d, Phd. 94d; πραοτέρως (v.l. -υτέρως) ἔχειν τινί J. AJ 17.6.4: Sup., φέρειν . . ὡς πραότωτα Pl. R. 387e: later form πραέως ( πράως [Ἀττικοί], οὐ πραέως Phot.), UPZ 144.6 (ii B.C.), D.S. 1.36, Dsc. 1.13, dub. in Com.Adesp. 336.5 (cf. πρατίας), etc.: Ion. πρηέως cj. in Democr. 46 ( πράως and πραέως codd.). (Cogn. with Skt. prīṇá̄ti ‘love, give pleasure to’, Goth. frijon ‘love’, frijonds ‘friend’.)",
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"quote": "πράως ἔχειν πρός τι",
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"quote": "ἔχειν τινί",
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"quote": "φέρειν . . ὡς πραότωτα",
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