so as to face it, Il.; klaivein pro;" oujranovn to cry to heaven, Ib.:—of points of the compass, pro;" zovfon kei`sqai to lie towards the West, Od.; naivein pro;sÆHw` tÆjHevliovn te Ib.; pro;" eJspevran, a[rkton towards the West, etc.
4. in hostile sense, against, pro;" Trw`a" mavcesqai Il.; pro;" qeo;n ejrivzein Pind .; cwrei`n prov" tina Soph .;—in speeches, prov" tina in reply to, Lat. adversus , less strong than katav tino" against, Lat. in , Dem.
5. without any hostile sense, ajgoreuvein, eijpei`n prov" tina to address oneself to him, Il.; ajmeivbesqai prov" tina Hdt .; also of communing with oneself, ei\pe pro;" o}n megalhvtora qumovn, proti; o}n muqhvsato qumovn Il.:—of all sorts of intercourse, ojmovsai prov" tina to take an oath to him, Od.; spondav", sunqhvka" poiei`sqai prov" tina Thuc .; hJ prov" tina xummaciva Id.; hJ prov" tina filiva, pivsti" Xen ., etc. ; but also, prov" tina e[cqra, ajpistiva, mi`so", povlemo" Aesch ., Xen. , etc.
6. of transactions, pro;" Tudeivdhn teuvceÆ a[meiben changed arms with Tydeides, Il.: of matters brought before a magistrate, lagcavnein pro;" to;n a[rconta, gravfesqai pro;" tou;" qesmoqevta" ap. Dem.
7.
ei\nai prov" ti
to be
engaged in. . ,
Plut.
II.
of Time,
towards
or
near, at
or
about,
poti; e{spera
at
even, Od.;
ejpei; pro;" eJspevran h\n
Xen.
;
pro;" hjw`
Theocr
.;
pro;" gh`ra"
for
or
in
old age,
Eur.
III.
of Relation between two objects,
1.
in reference to, in respect of, touching,
ta; pro;" to;n povlemon
, i.e. military matters,
Thuc.
;
ta; pro;" to;n basileva
our
relations to
the King,
Dem.
;
ta; pro;" tou;" qeouv"
our
duties to
the gods,
Soph.
;
oJ lovgo" oujde;n pro;" ejmev
is nothing
to
me, concerns me not,
Dem.
;
oujde;n aujtw`/ pro;" th;n povlin ejstivn
he has nothing to do
with
it, Id.:—often with Advs.,
ajsfalw`" e[cein prov" ti
Xen.
2. in reference to, in consequence of, pro;" tou`to to; khvrugma Hdt .; ajquvmw" e[cein prov" ti Xen. :—often with neut. Pron., pro;" tiv ; wherefore? to what end? Soph .; pro;" oujdevn for nothing, in vain, Id.; pro;" tau`ta therefore, this being so, Hdt. , Att.
3.
for
a purpose,
wJ" prov" ti creiva"
;
Soph.
;
e{toimo" prov" ti
Xen.
4.
in proportion
or
relation to, in comparison of,
koi`ov" ti" ajnh;r dokevoi ei\nai pro;" to;n patevra
Hdt
.; implying Superiority,
pro;" pavnta" tou;" a[llou"
,
Lat.
prae aliis omnibus
,
Id.;
pro;" ta;" megivsta" kai; ejlacivsta" nau`" to; mevson skopei`n
the mean
between
the largest and smallest ships,
Thuc.
5. in reference to, according to, pro;" to; pareo;n bouleuvesqai Hdt .; pro;" th;n duvnamin according to ones power, Dem. ; pro;" ta;" tuvca" agreeably to ones fortunes, Eur.
6. in accompaniment to musical instruments, pro;" kavlamon Pind .; pro;" aujlovn or to;n aujlovn Eur.
7. often merely periphr. for Adv. , as pro;" bivan = biaivw" , by force, forcibly, Aesch. ; pro;" to; karterovn Id.; pro;" ijscuvo" kravto" Soph .:— pro;" hJdonh;n levgein, dhmhgorei`n so as to please, Thuc. ; pro;" to; terpnovn calculated to delight, Id.; pro;" cavrin so as to gratify, Dem. ;—and c. gen. rei, pro;" cavrin tinov" , like cavrin alone, Lat. gratia , for the sake of, pro;" c. bora`" Soph .; pro;" ijscuvo" c . by means of, Eur .; also, pro;" ojrghvn with anger, angrily, Soph. , etc. ; pro;" to; liparev" importunately, Id.; pro;" kairovn seasonably, Id.
D. A BSOL. AS A DV. , = prov" B. 11, besides, over and above, pro;" dev or poti; dev Il., Hdt. , etc. ; pro;" de; kaiv, pro;" de; e[ti, kai; prov" Hdt ., etc. ; kai; prov" ge Eur .; kai; dh; prov" Hdt.
E.
IN
C
OMPOS.
, it expresses
I.
motion
towards,
prosavgw, prosevrcomai
.
II.
addition,
besides,
prosktavomai, prostivqhmi
.
III.
connexion and engagement with
anything, as
provseimi, prosgivgnomai
.
prosavbbaton
pro-savbba±ton , tov , the fore-sabbath, eve of the sabbath, N.T.