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wretched, sorry, paltry, not in Hom., freq. in Trag., esp. of persons, A. Pr. 580 (lyr.), etc.; δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ S. OT 1347 (lyr.); δ. χάρις a sorry kindness, A. Ch. 517; δ. σποδός paltry dust, S. El. 758; δ. ἄχεα, ἀλγηδών, δύα, Emp. 145, S. OC 513 (lyr.), Ant. 1311 (lyr.); γῆρας E. Hec. 156 (lyr.): sts. found in Com. (v. infr.) and Prose, Lys. 24.23 ( Sup.), Aeschin. 1.172: in later Prose, Jul. Or. 1.29b. (The penult. is short in S. Ant. 1311, El. 849 (lyr.), E. Supp. 279 (lyr.), Ar. Eq. 139, V. 165, etc.)
one who brings in, author, τῶν κακῶν τῷ δήμῳ Th. 8.48, cf. Hyp. Epit. 3, Arist. Ath. 27.4, Aeschin. 1.172, Ph. 1.103, al., Luc. Anach. 14, etc.
supplies for travelling, money and provisions, esp. of an army, ἐπόδια δοῦναι, λαβεῖν, Hdt. 4.203, 6.70; διʼ ἀπορίαν ἐφοδίων τοῖς στρατευομένοις D. 3.20; of an ambassadorʼs travelling-allowance, ἐφόδιʼ οὐκ ἔχω Ar. Ach. 53, cf. Men. Pk. 160; ἐφόδιʼ ἀναλίσκειν D. 19.311, cf. BCH 6.25 ( Delos, ii B. C.): sg. in PSI 4.363.17 (iii B. C.): generally, ways and means, maintenance, ἐφόδια τῷ γήρᾳ ἱκανά D. 49.67, cf. Ar. Pl. 1024; τὰ τῆς φυγῆς ἐ. Aeschin. 1.172, Plu. Arat. 6; τὰ ἐ. τοῦ πολέμου the sinews of war, Arist. Rh. 1411a12; ἐφόδια τοῖς ἵπποις And. 4.30; of public money, οὐδὲ μιᾶς ἡμέρας ἐφόδιʼ ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ κοινῷ D. 23.209; in phys. sense, τὰ ἐν σώματι ὑπάρχοντα ἐ. Arist. Pr. 871b24.
take or receive before, τὴν πόλιν Lys. 26.9 codd.; τὰ χωρία καὶ λιμένας D. 2.9; ἀργύριον π. receive money in advance, Id. 50.14, 35; τὰ ἐφόδια Aeschin. 1.172; τρία τάλαντα παρά τινος Id. 2.166; ἅπαντα ἡμῶν τὰ χωρία D. 3.16, etc.; also π. χάριν E. Ion 914 (lyr.); μισθὸν τῆς ἀγγελίας for the message, Luc. Merc.Cond. 37; γάλα μετὰ μέλιτος IG 42(1).126.15 ( Epid., ii A.D.); π. τὴν ἡλικίαν Aeschin. 1.162; π. τὴν αὔξησιν begin their growth before, Thphr. HP 8.1.4:— Pass., to be contained in advance, ἐν τῷ ὄντι ἄρα ζωὴ προείληπται καὶ ὁ νοῦς Procl. Inst. 103.