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προκόπτω

προκόπτω, to advance

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προκόπτοντʼ present active indicative 3rd plural, present active participle masculine accusative singular, present active participle masculine dative singular, present active participle neuter dative singular, present active participle neuter nominative plural, present active participle neuter vocative plural, present active participle neuter accusative plural, present active participle masculine nominative dual, present active participle masculine vocative dual, present active participle masculine accusative dual, present active participle neuter nominative dual, present active participle neuter vocative dual, present active participle neuter accusative dual, present middle-passive indicative 3rd plural, imperfect middle-passive indicative 3rd plural of προκόπτω

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προκόπτω,
  • cut oneʼs way forward, only metaph., π. διὰ τῆς λεωφόρου advance by the high-road, Anon. ap. Suid.: c. acc. cogn., τὴν ὁδὸν προκεκοφέναι J. AJ 2.6.7: without ὁδόν, ἐπὶ πολὺ προκεκοφότες ib. 2.16.3; π. τριάκοντα σταδίους Chio Ep. 4.2:—Pass. in Hdt., advance, prosper, ἀνωτέρω οὐδὲν τῶν πρηγμάτων προκοπτομένων 1.190; ἐς τὸ πρόσω οὐδὲν προεκόπτετο τῶν πρηγμάτων 3.56.
    • II with neut. Adjs., προκόψομεν οὐδέν shall make no progress, advance not at all. Alc. 35; τὰ πολλὰ προκόψασʼ having prepared most of the way, E. Hipp. 23; τί ἂν προκόπτοις; what good would you get? Id. Alc. 1079; οὐδὲν προὔκοπτον εἰς . . they made no progress towards . ., X. HG 7.1.6; π. οὐδὲν ἐς πρόσθεν E. Hec. 961; ἐν παιδείᾳ προκεκοφότες D.S. 17.69; π. ἐν Ἰουδαϊσμῷ Ep.Gal. 1.14; ἐν τοῖς μαθήμασι Luc. Herm. 63: c. dat. modi, τοῖς πλούτοις -κεκοφότες D.S. 34/5.2.26; σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ Ev.Luc. 2.52.
      • 2 c. gen. rei, τοῦ ναυτικοῦ μέγα μέρος προκόψαντες having made improvements in their navy to a great extent, Th. 7.56; ἡμῶν προκοπτόντων τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐκείνοις since we promote the increase of their empire, Id. 4.60; ἐπὶ πλεῖον π. ἀσεβείας having advanced further in impiety, 2 Ep.Ti. 2.16: abs., ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο π. Plb. 31.23.2; ἐπὶ πλεῖον π. D.S. 14.98.
      • 3 esp. in Philos., of moral and intellectual progress, Zeno Stoic. 1.56, Chrysipp. ib. 2.337, Plu. Laud. 2.543e, Arr. Epict. 1.4.1, 3.2.5, etc.; κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν π. Phld. Mort. 17; ὁ λόγος π. S.E. P. 2.240; προκοπτούσης τῆς θεραπείας if the treatment succeeds, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.413, cf. Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.103; εἴωθε προκόπτειν ἡ . . ἀγωγή the treatment is usually successful, Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.9.1; -κεκοφυίας τῆς νόσου as the disease improves, Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 9.13.
        • b of Time, προκοπτούσης ὁδοῦ as the journey advanced, Babr. 111.4; ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν is far spent, Ep.Rom. 13.12, cf. J. BJ 4.4.6; to be advanced in years, τῇ ἡλικίᾳ SIG 708.18 (Istropolis, ii B.C.); ὁ μὲν -κέκοφεν, ὁ δὲ νέος ἐστίν Herm. in Phdr. p.60 A.

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