πρᾶος
πρᾶος,
ον, also
πρᾱΰς, Ion.
πρηΰς,
εῖα , ΰ:—
πρᾶος supplies sg. in Att., Trag., and Com., exc. that the fem. is always
πραεια (
πρᾶος as fem. only in
Plu. 2.168d ); but sg.
πραΰς, Ion.
πρηΰς, is used in Ep. and Lyr. (also in
X. and usu. in
LXX ,
Plb., etc.):—pl., nom.
A). 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 22.1928.20 (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)):—
mild, soft, gentle (not in
Il. or
Od.):
1). of things,
πρηῢ σέλας H.Hom. 8.10 ;
πραῢς ὄαρος Pi. P. 4.136 ;
mild, πυρετοί Hp.l.c.;
ἰητρείη πρηεῖα Id. Art. 69 ; of sound,
soft, gentle, τὴν φωνὴν πραοτέραν ποιοῦνται X. Smp. 1.10 ;
ἀνέμων πρηΰτατε Ζέφυρε AP 6.349 (
Phld.);
ὠδῖνες ib.
244 (
Crin.);
κέντρον ib.
229 (Id.).
2). of persons,
mild, gentle, meek, 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 ὅδ’ ἡμῖν π., of Dionysus,
E. Ba. 436 ; of a horse,
gentle, ἀλλήλοις πραότεροι X. Cyr. 2.1.29 ; of other animals,
tame, 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 .
3). of actions, feelings, etc.,
mild, 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 caresses, X. Eq. 9.10 ;
πραότερα πάσχειν Pl
Cri. 49b .
II). making mild, taming, φάρμακον πραῢ τείνων ἀμφὶ γένυι, of a bridle,
Pi. O. 13.85 ;
προκινεῖν αὐτὸν [τὸν ἵππον] ὡς πραοτάτοις σημείοις X. Eq. 9.3 .
III). Adv.
πράως,
mildly, gently, πράως πείθειν τινά, φέρειν τι, Pl. R. 589c ,
Cri. 43b ;
πράως ἔχειν πρός τι Id. Ly. 211e ;
πράως λέγειν τὸ πάθος to speak
lightly of it,
X. An. 1.5.14 ;
πράως διακεῖσθαι, opp.
ὀργίζεσθαι, D. 21.183 ;
πράως, μὴ πικρῶς Id. 18.265 ; in physical sense,
gently, 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.
prīṇā´ti 'love, give pleasure to', Goth.
frijon 'love',
frijonds 'friend'.)
ShortDef
mild, soft, gentle, meek
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
πρᾶος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πραος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-86181
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πρᾶος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, also <span class="orth greek">πρᾱΰς</span>, Ion. <span class="orth greek">πρηΰς</span>, <span class="itype greek">εῖα</span> <span class="foreign greek">, ΰ</span>:—<span class="orth greek">πρᾶος</span> supplies sg. in Att., Trag., and Com., exc. that the fem. is always <span class="foreign greek">πραεια </span>(<span class="foreign greek">πρᾶος</span> as fem. only in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.168d </span>); but sg. <span class="orth greek">πραΰς</span>, Ion. <span class="orth greek">πρηΰς</span>, is used in Ep. and Lyr. (also in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> </span> and usu. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span></span>, etc.):—pl., nom. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πρηέες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 1.10 </a> , <span class="quote greek">πρηεῖς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.208 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Posidipp.</span> </span> or <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Asclep.</span></span>), <span class="quote greek">πρᾶοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:562d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:562d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 562d </a> , etc.; fem. <span class="quote greek">πρηεῖαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.244 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crin.</span></span>); neut. <span class="quote greek">πραέα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:15:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:15.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 15.4 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:9:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:9.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 9.10 </a>, etc., <span class="quote greek">πρᾶα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488b:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488b.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 488b22 </a> , f.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:351" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.351/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.351 </a>; gen. <span class="quote greek">πραέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:4:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:4:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.4.9 </a> ; dat. <span class="quote greek">πραέσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:888a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:888a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 888a </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:930a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:930a/canonical-url/"> 930a </a>, fem. <span class="foreign greek">πραίαις</span> written for <span class="quote greek">πραείαις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.3101 </span> (Lebad., iii A.D.); acc. <span class="quote greek">πραεῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:37:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:37:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.37.7 </a> , <span class="quote greek">πράους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg014.perseus-grc1:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg014.perseus-grc1:55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 3.55 </a> : Comp. <span class="quote greek">πραότερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg020.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg020.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 20.21 </a> , <span class="quote greek">πραΰτερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:153" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:153/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 153 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:85a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:85a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 85a </a>, etc., Ion. <span class="quote greek">πρηΰτ-</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.181 </a> : Sup. <span class="quote greek">πραότατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:116c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:116c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 116c </a> , etc., <span class="quote greek">πραΰτατος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Syria</span> 5.337 </span> (Sidon); Ep. and Ion. <span class="quote greek">πρηΰτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:937" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.937/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.937 </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.349 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">πράϋστος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">MAMA</span> 1.237 </span> (Phrygia). (The <span class="itype greek">ι</span> subscr. is freq. written in codd., but <span class="foreign greek">Πρᾶος</span> is written in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1928.20 </span> (pr. n., iv B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IGRom.</span> 4.504 </span> (Pergam.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Et.Gud.</span> 478.31 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">πραύτερος</span> is found once in codd., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> </span>l.c. (proved wrong by <span class="foreign greek">πραΰς</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span>in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Gött. Nachr.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:1922:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:1922.31/canonical-url/"> 1922.31 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">πραέα</span> (neut. pl.) in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 33.12 </span> (iii B.C.), <span class="quote greek">πραέως</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">UPZ</span> 144.6 </span> (ii B.C.), and by the absence of iota in Ion. <span class="foreign greek">πρηΰς</span>)):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mild, soft, gentle</span> (not in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> </span> or <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span></span>): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> of things, <span class="quote greek">πρηῢ σέλας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg008.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg008.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H.Hom.</span> 8.10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πραῢς ὄαρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.136/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.136 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mild,</span> <span class="foreign greek">πυρετοί</span> Hp.l.c.; <span class="quote greek">ἰητρείη πρηεῖα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 69 </span> ; of sound, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">soft, gentle,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὴν φωνὴν πραοτέραν ποιοῦνται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 1.10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀνέμων πρηΰτατε Ζέφυρε</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.349 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">ὠδῖνες</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg001:244" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg001:244/canonical-url/"> 244 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crin.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">κέντρον</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0154.tlg001:229" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0154.tlg001:229/canonical-url/"> 229 </a> (Id.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mild, gentle, meek,</span> <span class="quote greek">πραῢς ἀστοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.71 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πᾶσιν ἵλεώς τε καὶ πρᾶος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:566e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:566e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 566e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους π.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:375c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:375c/canonical-url/"> 375c </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. τὸ ἦθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:243c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:243c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 243c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:303d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:303d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 303d </a> ; esp. after having been angry, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.181 </a> ( Comp.); <span class="foreign greek">ὁ θὴρ ὅδ’ ἡμῖν π.,</span> of Dionysus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:436" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:436/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 436 </a>; of a horse, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gentle,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀλλήλοις πραότεροι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:1:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.1.29 </a> ; of other animals, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tame,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἰχθύων μεγάλων καὶ πραέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:4:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:4:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.4.9 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488b:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488b.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 488b22 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ζῷα .. πραέα πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:15:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:15.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 15.4 </a> : prov., <span class="quote greek">πραΰτερος μολόχας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:153" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:153/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 153 </a> ; also, <span class="quote greek">τόπος ἡμερώτερος καὶ πραότερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 9.67 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of actions, feelings, etc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mild,</span> <span class="quote greek">τιμωρίαι πραότεραι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:867b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:867b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 867b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πραότεραι ἡδοναί</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:815e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:815e/canonical-url/"> 815e </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λόγοι, ἤθη, φύσις,</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:888a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:888a/canonical-url/"> 888a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:930a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:930a/canonical-url/"> 930a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:375c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:375c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 375c </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὄσσοισι πρηέσιν δέρκευ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BMus.Inscr.</span> 921b8 </span> (Branchidae, i/ii A.D.); <span class="quote greek">τὰ πραέα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">caresses,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:9:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:9.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 9.10 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πραότερα πάσχειν</span> Pl <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cri.</span> 49b </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">making mild, taming,</span> <span class="foreign greek">φάρμακον πραῢ τείνων ἀμφὶ γένυι,</span> of a bridle, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.85 </a>; <span class="quote greek">προκινεῖν αὐτὸν [τὸν ἵππον] ὡς πραοτάτοις σημείοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:9:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:9.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 9.3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="orth greek">πράως</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mildly, gently,</span> <span class="foreign greek">πράως πείθειν τινά, φέρειν τι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:589c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:589c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 589c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:43b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:43b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cri.</span> 43b </a>; <span class="quote greek">πράως ἔχειν πρός τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:211e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:211e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ly.</span> 211e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πράως λέγειν τὸ πάθος</span> to speak <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lightly</span> of it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:5:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:5:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.5.14 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πράως διακεῖσθαι,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὀργίζεσθαι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.183 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πράως, μὴ πικρῶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:265" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:265/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 18.265 </a> ; in physical sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gently,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 134 </span>: Comp., <span class="foreign greek">πραότερον προδιδάσκειν, κολάζειν,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:489d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:489d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 489d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:94d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:94d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 94d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πραοτέρως</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">-υτέρως</span> ) <span class="quote greek"> ἔχειν τινί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:6:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:6:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AJ</span> 17.6.4 </a> : Sup., <span class="quote greek">φέρειν .. ὡς πραότωτα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:387e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:387e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 387e </a> : later form <span class="orth greek">πραέως</span> ( <span class="quote greek">πράως [Ἀττικοί], οὐ πραέως</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span> </span> ), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">UPZ</span> 144.6 </span> (ii B.C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 1.36 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 1.13 </span>, dub. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 336.5 </span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">πρατίας</span>), etc.: Ion. <span class="orth greek">πρηέως</span> cj. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 46 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">πράως</span> and <span class="foreign greek">πραέως</span> codd.). (Cogn. with Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prīṇā´ti</span> \'love, give pleasure to\', Goth.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frijon</span> \'love\', <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frijonds</span> \'friend\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}