Πρόχειρον
commonplace
Translated by William Hutton10 Oct 2013Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόχειρον· τὸ κατημαξευμένον, τὸ πᾶσι γνώριμον. αἰνίττεται κατὰ τὸ πρόχειρον.
Betacode
*pro/xeiron: to\ kathmaceume/non, to\ pa=si gnw/rimon. ai)ni/ttetai kata\ to\ pro/xeiron.
Notes (2)
- The headword (literally meaning 'in front of the hand', hence 'easily accessible') is either masculine/feminine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this two-termination adjective; apparently the latter, since the glossing is unambiguously neuter. (See further in any event n. 2 below.)
For more on this word see the next two entries, pi 2931 and pi 2932. - 1No comparable glosses in other lexica (though the headword is paired with the first gloss in Philo Judaeus (of Alexandria), On the confusion of tongues 143.2, and with the second gloss in Galen 1.588.10 and 4.211.7 and Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity 3.6.11). ↩
- 2This phrase (which includes the headword), and indeed the whole entry, may be from disembodied Biblical commentary; cf. Maximus Confessor, Questions and Doubts 1.35, ?Origen, Commentary on Psalm 62:11, and Theodoret's commentary on the same passage: PG 80.1340.39; Gregory of Agrigentum, Commentary on Ecclesiastes 9.22. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- π2931Πρόχειροςforward[Meaning] intemperate. "Being forward in his judgment on account of his experience he said that it was important not to hesitate, but to meet the enemy and to engage them in naval battle." Also one who is ready is…
- π2932Πρόχειροςat hand, handy[Meaning] what is simple and unguarded. Polybius [writes]: "but the cause is the failure to keep at hand what Epicharmus has well said, 'Be sober and remember to be wary: these [are the] sinews of the mind'."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Dec 2021
- coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another cross-reference — William Hutton
- Translated — William Hutton