LSJ
ignorant, stupid, Hdt. 1.33, Democr. 169, etc.; ἔθνεα ἀμαθέστατα Hdt. 4.46; ἀνὴρ πένης, εἰ καὶ γένοιτο μὴ ἀ. E. Supp. 421, al., Ar. Nu. 135; ἀ. καὶ βδελυρός Id. Eq. 193; ἀμαθεστάτους πάντων ἀνθρώπων And. 2.2; ἀ. τὴν [ἐκείνων] ἀμαθίαν Pl. Ap. 22e; opp. δεξιός, Th. 3.82; of animals, such as wild boars, unmanageable, θυμώδη καὶ ἀ. Arist. HA 488b14: c. gen. rei, without knowledge of a thing, unlearned in it, -έστερος τοῦ καλοῦ E. Or. 417; λῃστείας Th. 4.41, cf. 3.37; ἀ. περί τινος Pl. Erx. 394e; τι La. 194d; πρός τι Lg. 679d. Adv. -θῶς ignorantly, through ignorance, ἥμαρτον E. Ph. 874: Comp. -έστερον, τῶν νόμων ὑπεροψίας παιδεύεσθαι to be educated with too little learning to despise the laws, Th. 1.84; -έστερόν πως εἰπὲ καὶ σαφέστερον less learnedly, Ar. Ra. 1445.
1
τοῦ πολλοὶ ἐπαυρίσκονται Il. 13.733; μόχθων ἀμοιβὰν ἐπαύρεο Pi. N. 5.49; τοῦδʼ ἐπαυρέσθαι θέλω E. IT 529, cf. A.R. 1.677, 4.964; μικροῦ δὲ βιότου ζῶντʼ ἐπαυρέσθαι χρεών Trag.Adesp. 95.4 ( = Com.Adesp. 1207.4); τῆς ζόης ἐ. Herod. 3.2, cf. 7.26; τῆς ἐλευθερίας Plb. 18.11.7; οὐδὲ φάους . . πολλὸν ἐπαυράμενον IG 12(7).302.5 ( Amorgos), cf. Epigr.Gr. 839 ( Lebena): rare in Prose, εἰ . . χρὴ ἀγαθὸν ἐμοῦ ἐπαυρέσθαι And. 2.2; ἀποδοτέον . . ὅσον ἐπηύρετο Arist. EN 1163a20; τάχα δʼ ἄν τι καὶ τοῦ οὐνόματος ἐπαύροιτο may have got his fate from his name, Hdt. 7.180; τίνʼ αἰτίαν σχὼν ἧς ἐπηυρόμην ἐγώ; E. Hel. 469.
3
τὰ ἴ. private interests, opp. public, Th. 1.82, 2.61, etc.; oneʼs own property, Id. 1.141, etc.; τὰ ἴ. πράττειν mind oneʼs own business, in later Gr., Phryn. 405, cf. 1 Ep.Thess. 4.11; μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰ. Plb. 2.57.5; εἰς τὸ ἴ. καταθέσθαι for self, X. An. 1.3.3, etc.: with Pron., τοὐμὸν ἴ. εἰπεῖν my personal opinion, Isoc. 6.8; τὰ ἐμὰ ἴ. D. 50.66; τὰ αὑτοῦ ἴ. Thgn. 440 (dub.l.), cf. Antipho 5.61, Isoc. 8.127; τὰ ὑμέτερα ἴ. D. 19.307; τὰ ἴ. σφῶν αὐτῶν, τὰ ἴ. τὰ σφέτερα αὐτῶν, And. 2.2, 3.36; ἔγωγε τοὐμὸν ἴ. I for my own part, Luc. Merc.Cond. 9.
III
πάρεστί μοι it depends on me, is in my power to do, c. inf., τοιαῦθʼ ἑλέσθαι σοι πάρεστιν ἐξ ἐμοῦ A. Eu. 867, cf. S. Ph. 364, etc. : also impf. παρῆν Hdt. 8.20, 9.70 : without dat., παρῆν . . κλύειν A. Pers. 401; πάρεστι χαίρειν Ar. Pl. 638; ὁρᾶν πάρεστιν Democr. 164, cf. And. 2.2, etc.
IV
happen to one, τῷ δὴ λέγουσι. . θῶμα μέγιστον παραστῆναι Hdt. 1.23 ; τὸ φρονεῖν ἀλλοῖα παρίσταται Emp. 108 ; esp. come into oneʼs head, occur to one, τὼς νόος ἀνθρώποισι παριστᾶται Parm. 16.2 ; δόξα μοι παρεστάθη ναοὺς ἱκέσθαι S. OT 911 ; δόξα π. τινὶ ὥστε . . Pl. Phd. 66b ; σοὶ τοῦτο παρέστηκεν, ὡς . . Id. Phdr. 233c ; π. θαῦμα, γνώμη, And. 2.2, 24 (s.v.l.) ; ἔκπληξις παρέστη Th. 8.96 : impers., παρίσταταί μοι it occurs to me ; τῷ οὐ παραστήσεται . . τεθνάναι βούλεσθαι to whom it will not occur to wish for death, Hdt. 7.46: folld. by ὡς, Th. 4.61, 95, Lys. 12.62, etc. : c. inf., Id. 7.17; οὐχὶ παρίσταταί μοι ταὐτὰ γιγνώσκειν D. 3.1 : c. acc. et inf., Lys. 21.12, Pl. Phd. 58e; part., τὸ παριστάμενον that which comes into oneʼs head, a thought, Luc. Cont. 13 ; ἐκ τοῦ π. λέγειν speak offhand, Plu. Dem. 9, cf. Gal. 14.295.
II
inflame, excite, τῆς φιλοτεκνίας περιέκαιεν ἐκείνη φύσις LXX 4 Ma. 16.3 :— Pass., And. 2.2.
c
promote or further zealously, press or urge on, τι τῶν φέρει φρήν A. Supp. 599 (lyr.); τὸ σὸν σ. ἅμα καὶ τοὐμόν S. El. 251; τὸ σὸν ἀγαθόν E. Hec. 120 (lyr.); τὸ ἐφʼ ἑαυτὸν ἕκαστος σ. Th. 1.141; σ. ἀσπούδαστʼ ἐπὶ σοὶ δαίμων E. IT 201 (lyr.); τὰ ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠφελείᾳ σ. And. 2.2; in arguing, σεαυτῷ τὰ ἐναντία σ. Pl. Prt. 361a; σ. τοῦτο, ὅπως . . Id. Lg. 687e; μὴ σπεῦδʼ ἃ μὴ δεῖ, μηδʼ ἃ δεῖ σπεύδειν μένε Men. Mon. 344: c. dat., οἱ Χαιρέᾳ σπεύδοντες the partisans of Chaereas, Charito 6.1: ἐς τὰ Ἑλλήνων σ. Philostr. VA 5.8: folld. by a conj., εἰς τοὺς πλουσίους σπεύσω σʼ ὅπως ἂν ἐγγραφῇς Ar. Eq. 926:— Med., σπευδομένα θυσίαν A. Ag. 151 (lyr.): — Pass., ξυνὸν πᾶσι ἀγαθὸν σπεύδεται Hdt. 7.53; ἐσπευσμέναι χρεῖαι pressing needs, Luc. Am. 33.
II
profit, advantage, βούλευμα ἀπʼ οὗ . . οὐδεμία ἔμελλε ὠφελίη ἔσεσθαι Hdt. l.c.; εἴ τις ὠφέλειά γε S. El. 944; τὴν κοινὴν ὠ. φυλάξαι the common interest of all, Th. 6.80; τίς ἂν εἴη ἡμῖν ὠ. εἰδόσιν αὐτό; Pl. Chrm. 167b; opp. βλάβη, X. Cyr. 6.2.13, Pl. (v. infr. 2), etc.; opp. ζημία, X. Mem. 2.3.6; ἐπʼ ὠφελείᾳ ἐστί τι ib. 1.4.4: c. gen. subjecti, τὴν ὠ. τὴν τῶν τειχέων their utility, Hdt. 7.139: c. gen. objecti, ἐπʼ ὠφελίᾳ τῶν φίλων for their benefit, Pl. R. 334b; ὠφελίας ἕνεκα ib. 398b; ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠ. And. 2.2; ἐν ὠ. ἐστί ʼtis of use, X. Vect. 4.35; after ὠφελεῖν, cf. ὠφελέω I.5.