παρασκευή paraskeuē · G3904

παρασκευ-ή, ἡ, ; preparation, δείπνου []; παρασκευὴν σίτου παραγγείλας having ordered corn to be prepared, []; ἐν τούτῳ παρασκευῆς ἦσαν in this state of preparation, []; preparation, practice, as of a speaker preparing his speech, []; λέγειν ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, opposed to αὐτοσχεδίως, []; also, in a speech, preparatory section, []; b with Preps., ἐκ παρασκευῆς of set purpose, by arrangement, []; μάχη ἐγένετο ἐκ π. a pitched battle, []; δι᾽ ὀλίγης παρασκευῆς at short notice, offhand, []; ἦσαν ἐν π. …