πρόβασι

πρόβασις

property in cattle: fem voc sg

προβάσῑς, πρόβασις

property in cattle: fem acc pl (epic doric ionic aeolic)

πρόβατον, ου, τό (Hom.+; on the dat. pl. πρόβασι Hs 6, 1, 6 s. Herodian, Gramm. 1414, 10. πρόβασι βοσνήμασι Hesych p. 275 MSchmidt, as Schwyzer I 499)

① sheep (on this mng. s. O. Wilck I 286; B-D-F §126, 1aα; L-S-J-M s.v. I. The more general senses ‘cattle’ or ‘small cattle’ scarcely merit serious attention for our lit., though they are barely poss. in certain passages.) Mt 12:11f; 18:12; Lk 15:4, 6 (on this parable: GNordberg, SEÅ 1, ’37, 55–63); Rv 18:13; B 16:5 (En 89:54ff); GJs 18:3 (codd.). As a sacrificial animal 1 Cl 4:1 (Gen 4:4); J 2:14f. πρόβατα σφαγῆς sheep to be slaughtered Ro 8:36 (Ps 43:23). Defenseless in the midst of wolves Mt 10:16. In danger without a shepherd Mt 9:36; Mk 6:34 (both Num 27:17; cp. Ezk 34:5 and Jdth 11:19); Mt 26:31; Mk 14:27; B 5:12 (the three last Zech 13:7); 1 Cl 16:6f (Is 53:6f). ἐν ἐνδύμασι προβάτων (cp. ἔνδυμα 2; Proverbia Aesopi 123 P. κρύπτειν τὸν λύκον προβάτου δορᾷ) Mt 7:15. The first fruits of the sheep belong to the prophets D 13:3. Jesus ὡς πρόβατον ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἤχθη … ἄφωνος (after Is 53:7) Ac 8:32 (cp. Vi. Aesopi G 48 P. a dispute over the question: διὰ τί τὸ πρόβατον ἐπὶ θυσίαν ἀγόμενον οὐ κέκραγεν;); B 5:2 (Is 53:7); 1 Cl 16:7.

② people of God, sheep. The lit. usage passes over to the nonliteral, or the sheep appear for the most part as symbols of certain people (En 89:42ff; Did., Gen 215:24): in the extended allegory of the Good Shepherd and the sheep J 10:1–16, 26f (in vs. 3 P⁶⁶ reads προβάτια). Jesus is ὁ ποιμὴν τῶν προβάτων ὁ μέγας Hb 13:20. Cp. 1 Pt 2:25. The bishop is the shepherd, the church members the sheep IPhld 2:1. Cp. J 21:16, 17 (Porphyr., Adv. Chr. Fgm. 26: the ἀρνία are the catechumens, but the προβάτα are οἱ πιστοὶ εἰς τὸ τῆς τελετώσεως προβάντες μυστήριον). The Christians are called πρόβατα τῆς νομῆς σου (=God’s) 1 Cl 59:4 (cp. Ps 78:13; 94:7; 99:3). In the last times under the influence of lying prophets τὰ πρόβατα will be turned εἰς λύκους D 16:3. At the last judgment people will be divided as the shepherd separates τὰ πρόβατα from οἱ ἔριφοι Mt 25:32f (s. ἔριφος; PAmh 73, 6 [129/30 A.D.] differentiates πρόβ. and αἶγες), and the πρόβατα, representing those blessed by the Father, will stand at the right hand of the Human One (Son of Man) vs. 33 (HGraffmann, D. Gericht nach d. Werken im Mt: KBarth Festschr. ’36, 124–36). Jesus knows that he is (divinely) sent 15:24, and sends his disciples 10:6 πρὸς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ.—In Hermas sheep appear (w. shepherds) as symbolic of all kinds of persons Hs 6, 1, 5f; 6, 2, 3f; 6f; 6, 3, 2; 9, 1, 9; 9, 27, 1.—B. 144. DELG s.v. πρόβατα. M-M. EDNT. TW.

προβᾶσα, προβαίνω

step forward: aor part act fem nom /voc sg (attic epic ionic)

προβᾶσι, προβαίνω

step forward: aor part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic ionic)

προβᾶσαι, προβαίνω

step forward: aor part act fem nom /voc pl (attic epic ionic)

προβᾶσαι, προβαίνω

step forward: aor inf act (doric)

προβᾶσα, προβαίνω

step forward: aor part act fem nom /voc sg (attic epic ionic)

προβᾶσι, προβαίνω

step forward: aor part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic ionic)

προβᾶσαι, προβαίνω

step forward: aor part act fem nom /voc pl (attic epic ionic)

προβᾶσαι, προβαίνω

step forward: aor inf act (doric)

πρόβᾰτον, τό, freq. in pl. πρόβατα (but also in sg., Cratin.43, Pl. Euthd. 302a, etc.); heterocl. dat. πρόβασι Hdn.Gr.1.414, Hsch.:— used (among the Ionians and Dorians) of all four-footed

A cattle, Hdt. 2.41, etc.;

πάντων τῶν π. βόες μάλιστα ἀτονέουσι Hp.Art.8

;

τὰ ἄλλα π. καὶ ἵππους μάλιστα Hdt.4.61

, cf. Pi.Fr. 316, IG12(1).677.31 (Rhodes, iv/iii B.C.); of Europa's bull, Simon.28: in Hom. generally of cattle, flocks and herds, Il.14.124, 23.550, h.Merc. 571, cf. IG12(7).62.35 (Amorgos, iv B.C.);

τὰ π. καὶ καρταίποδα Leg.Gort.4.35

; opp. ἄνθρωποι, Hes.Op. 558, Hdt.1.203; τὰ λεπτὰ τῶν π. small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, ib. 133, 8.137;

τὸ μὲν μέζον π..., τὸ δὲ μεῖον IG5

(2).3.14 (Tegea, iv B.C.); so later,

π. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρνῶν καὶ τῶν ἐρίφων λήψεσθε LXX Ex.12.5

: but in [dialect] Att. Prose and Com. (never in Trag.) almost invariably of sheep, Ar.Av. 714, Th.2.14, IG22.1672.289, etc.;

ὥσπερ π. βῆ βῆ λέγων βαδίζει Cratin.43

; so in later [dialect] Boeot., IG7.3171.39,44 (Orchom. [dialect] Boeot.): generally, animals for slaughter, whether for sacrifices, Hdt.6.56; or for food, Id.1.207; cf. Antipho 5.29.

2 prov. of stupid, lazy people,

ἀριθμός, πρόβατ' ἄλλως Ar.Nu. 1203

, cf. V.32: Com. [comp] Comp., προβάτου προβάτερον more sheepish than a sheep, dub. cj. in Sophr.122; χρυσοῦν π., = Lat. pecus aurea, as nickname, D.C.59.8: in other provs.,

τοὺς γευομένους κύνας τῶν π. κατακόπτειν φασὶ δεῖν D.25.40

;

λέων ἐν προβάτοις Plu.Cleom.33

, cf. Plb.5.35.13.

II name of a sea-fish, Opp.H.1.146, 3.139, Ael.NA9.38. (Orig. of small cattle, sheep and goats, which in primitive mixed herds walk in front ([etym.] προβαίνει) of the larger animals.)

Grammatical information: n. pl.

Meaning: `cattle, herd, flock' (Il.), `small cattle', sg. - ον mostly `sheep' (Att., Gort. etc.); also name of an unknown fish (Opp., Ael.; because of the similarity of the head, cf. Strömberg Fischn. 102).

Compounds: Compp., e.g. προβατο-γνώμων m. `knower of herds' (A.), πολυ-πρόβατος `rich of cattle, sheep' (Hdt., X.).

Derivatives: 1. Dimin. προβάτ-ιον n. (Att.). 2. Adj. προβάτ-ειος (Arist.), - ικός (LXX, N.T.) `belonging to sheep (small cattle)', - ώδης `sheep-like' (sp.). 3. - ών (- εών Hdn.), - ῶνος m. `sheepfold' (hell. inscr. a. pap.). 4. - ήματα πρόβατα H. (after κτήματα, βοσκή-ματα etc.; Chantraine Form. 178). 5. - εύς m. `shepherd' (title of a com. of Antiph.). 6. - εύω `to keep, tend cattle, sheep' (D. H., App.) with - ευτικός, - εύσιμος, - ευτής, - εία. 7. Plant-names: - ειον, - ειος, - αία (Ps.-Dsc.) "sheep-herb" (cf. Strömberg Pfl. 137). -- To πρόβειος, rhythmical shortening for προβάτειος (An. Ox. a.o.) Palmer Class Quart. 33,31ff.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [463] * gʷeh₂- `go'

Etymology: In the same sense as πρόβατα we find once in collective meaning the verbal abstract πρόβασις (β 75 κειμήλιά τε πρό-βασίν τε), which designates here the moving cattle as opposed to the life-less ("lying") property. The origin from προβαίνειν (thus already EM) is confirmed by it. Thus OIcel. ganganda fé "going cattle" = `living stock' beside liggjanda fé ' κειμήλια', Hitt. ii̯ant- `sheep' prop. "the going", ptc. of ii̯a- `go', Toch. A śemäl `small cattle', prop. vbaladj. of käm-, śäm- `come' (= βαίνειν). Typical for Greek is however the prefix προ-; so πρόβατα prop. "those going forward", a notion, which seems to require an other way of moving as opposite, but has a correspondence in Av. fra-čar- and Skt. pra-car- `move forward' (opposed to `remain motionless'); s. Benveniste BSL 45, 91 ff. with extensive treatment and criticism of diverging views (Lommel KZ 46, 46ff.; s. also Kretschmer Glotta 8, 269 f.). -- The plural πρόβατα is usu., esp. because of the dat. pl. πρόβασι (Hdn.) for the usual προβατοις (Hes.), considered as orig. consonant-stem πρόβατ-α, to which secondarily πρόβατον (Bq s.v., Schwyzer 499 with Risch 178, Benveniste l.c., Egli Heteroklisie 41 ff.); against this with good arguments Georgacas Glotta 36, 178 ff., who rightly points to other infinite active το-participles, e.g. στατός `standing' (s. ἵστημι). -- In the secondary sense of `sheep' πρόβατον has replaced the older ὄις.

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περιτρέχω impf. περιέτρεχον; 2 aor. περιέδραμον, ptc. περιδραμών (Hom. et al.).

① to be in motion around, run/move around w. the acc. of the thing or pers. one moves around (Hdt. 8, 128; Aristoph., Ran. 193 τὴν λίμνην κύκλῳ; Athen. 5, 208b; PFlor 120, 7; GrBar 6:2) ἄγγελοι περιέτρεχον αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖσε angels were moving about them there ApcPt 5:18. ὧδε κἀκεῖσε περιτρ. κύκλῳ τῆς πύλης run here and there around the gate Hs 9, 3, 1.

② to be in rapid motion here and there in an area, run about, go about in (Cebes 14, 1; Am 8:12; Jer 5:1 ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς) w. acc. (Aristoph., Thesmoph. 657 τὴν πύκνα πᾶσαν) ὅλην τὴν χώραν Mk 6:55. ἐν τοῖς πρόβασι (v.l. προβάτοις) π. run about among the sheep Hs 6, 1, 6.—M-M.