Strong G2680κατασκευάζω
to prepare
- Transliteration
- kataskeuazō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-σκευάζω
[in LXX: Isa.40:19, 28, (בָּרָא), etc.;]
to prepare, make ready: τ. ὁδόν, Mat.11:10, Mrk.1:2, Luk.7:27; οἶκον, Heb.3:3-4; σκηνήν, Heb.9:2, 6; κιβωτόν, Heb.11:7, 1Pe.3:20; pass. pf. ptcp., λαον κ., Luk.1:17.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.40:19, 28, (בָּרָא), etc.;]
to prepare, make ready: τ. ὁδόν, Mat.11:10, Mrk.1:2, Luk.7:27; οἶκον, Heb.3:3-4; σκηνήν, Heb.9:2, 6; κιβωτόν, Heb.11:7, 1Pe.3:20; pass. pf. ptcp., λαον κ., Luk.1:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2680 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prepare5
- be2
- build2
- make1
- ordain1
- preparing1
First verses
- Matthew 11:10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Mark 1:2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
- Luke 7:27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- Hebrews 3:3For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
- Hebrews 3:4For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
- Hebrews 9:2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
- Hebrews 9:6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
- 1 Peter 3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατασκευ-άζω,
future -σκευάσω, Attic dialect -σκευῶ [Refs (“SIG” 1097.9)] (Athens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC), “IPE” 12.32 B 53 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC): _Doric dialect_)] aorist -εσκεύαξα Ti. Locrian dialect94d, [Refs (“Test.Epict.” 1.14, also κατεσκέαξα “Africa Italiana” 1.330 (from Cyrene): _Boeotian dialect_)] aorist infinitive -σκευάττη [Refs (“SIG” 1185.13)] (Tanagra, 3rd c.BC): perfect -εσκεύᾰκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.30)]: future middle 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -ᾶται [Refs (“SIG” 1015.28)] (Halic.): Doric dialect aorist middle -εσκευαξάμην [Refs (“Test.Epict.” 1.9)]:—equip, furnish fully with.. , [πᾶσι] κ. τὸ πλοῖον with all appliances, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.194:)] —middle, τοὺς ἵππους Χαλκοῖς.. προβλήμασι κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 6.1.51:)] —frequently in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἱρὸν θησαυροῖσί τε καὶ ἀναθήμασι κατεσκευασμένον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.33, compare 2.44; κατασκευὴ Χρυσῶ τε καὶ ἀργύρω κατεσκ. [prev\. author] 9.82; οἷς ἡ Χώρα κατεσκεύασται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91)].
2 without dative, furnish, equip fully, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τὴν Χώραν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 1.9.19; κ. τινὰ ἐπὶ στρατιάν [prev\. author] “Cyr.” 3.3.3)]; [ἐλέφαντας] [Refs (κ. πρὸς τὴν πολεμικὴν Χρείαν “OGI” 54.12)] (Adule, 3rd c.BC):—middle, κ. τοὺς ὄνους having got his asses ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ, etc.:)] —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τῆς Ἀντάνδρου μελλούσης -σκευάζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75, compare 8.24; ἔργα -ασμένα)] cultivated farms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus)] 4; of persons, to be under treatment, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Lib.” p.3 O., +others)]
3 construct, build, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (γέφυραν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186)] (passive); [Refs 6th c.BC+ (διδασκαλεῖον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.11; πόλιν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 557d; γυμνάσια [prev\. author] “Lg.” 761c)]; ἱερὰ θυσίας τε αὑτοῖς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Criti.” 113c; ἐπιτείχισμ᾽ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.71)]: generally, prepare, arrange, establish, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κ. δημοκρατίαν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.36; δύναμιν τῇ πόλει Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 3.39; συμπόσιον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 363c; ἰσότητα τῆς οὐσίας [prev\. author] “Lg.” 684d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1265a39; ὀλιγαρχίαν [prev\. author] “Ath.” 37.1; ναύτας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.36)]; κ. τινὰς μελέτῃ train them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 8.1.43)], etc.; turn out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πολιτικούς 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.264 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, +others:)] —middle, κατασκευάζεσθαι ναυμαχίαν prepare it, make ready for it, variant for{παρασκ-} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.85)]; make for oneself, especially build a house and furnish it, opposed to [Refs (ἀνασκευάζομαι [prev\. author] 1.93, 2.17)]; unpack, opposed to ἀνασκ., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 8.5.2; κ. ἐρημίαν αὑτῶ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 730c)], etc.; κ. τράπεζαν set up a bank, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator “fragment” 66; κατασκευάζομαι τέχνην μυρεψικήν)] I am setting up as a perfumer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “fragment” 1.2; τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀγορᾶς κατεσκευασμένους [prev\. author] 24.20)]; [πρόσοδον] οὐ μικρὰν κατεσκευάσαντο made themselves a good [income], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.61, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.11.)]
4 of fraudulent transactions, fabricate, trump up, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (πρόφασιν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.17; τὸ ἀπόρρητον κατασκευάσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.6; λιποταξίου γραφὴν κατεσκεύασεν [prev\. author] 21.103, compare92; Χρέα ψευδῆ [prev\. author] 42.30, compare 45.22 (_passive_))]; of persons, suborn, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (λογοποιούς Dinarchus Orator [{4-3rd c.BC}] 1.35)]; set up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (ἢ.. ἐπιτίθενται αὐτοὶ ἢ κατασκευάζουσιν ἕτερον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a1)]; οἱ κατεσκευασμένοι τῶν Θετταλῶν men prepared for the purpose, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.151; κατεσκ. δανεισταί [prev\. author] 42.28)]: with infinitive, [Refs (τὸν ἀνεψιὸν.. κατεσκεύασεν ἀμφισβητεῖν [prev\. author] 55.1)].
5 with double accusative, make, render, [φρούρια] [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κ. ὡς ἐχυρώτατα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.17)]; ἀριστερὰ δεξιῶν ἀσθενέστερα κ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 795a; φοβερὸν κ. τὸ αὐτόχειρα γενέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.158; ἀνομοθέτητον ἑαυτῶ τὸν βίον Duris Epigrammaticus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 10 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; κ. τινὰ τοιοῦτον.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1380a2)] (also with adverb, πρὸς ἑαυτὸν κ. εὖ τὸν ἀκροατήν render the audience favourably disposed towards oneself, [Refs (1419b11).)]
6 represent as so and so, κ. τινὰς παροίνους, ὑβριστάς, ἀγνώμονας, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.14, compare 45.82; εἰ μὴ Γοργίαν Νέστορά τινα κατασκευάζεις)] unless you make out a Gorgias to be [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Nestor Epigrammaticus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 261c.)]
7 in argument, maintain, prove, τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ πραγμάτων.. ὡς ἐγὼ αἴτιός εἰμι, κατεσκεύαζε tried to make out that.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.110; κ. ὅτι.. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.15.14, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “P.” 1.32; κ. τῶ λόγῳ)] establish a proposition by reasoning, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Damianus Opticus “Opt.” 5; διὰ λόγου -σκευασθήσεται 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 6)].
8 in Logic, construct a positive argument, opposed to ἀναιρέω, ἀνασκευάζω (of negative arguments), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rh.” 1401b3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1036b, etc.: Philos., κ. τῶν ἀριθμῶν ἰδέαν)] construct, postulate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “EN” 1096a19, compare “Metaphorical” 984b25, +others)]
9 Geometry texts, construct, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 5.7 (_passive_), 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Sph.Cyl.” 2.6 (_passive_))]; solve by a construction, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (πρόβλημα 3rd c.AD: Pappus Mathematicus 54.25)].
10 Rhet., frame, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (ὀνόματα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Comp.” 16)]; elaborate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (κατεσκεύασται τὸ δοκοῦν εἶναι ἀφελές [prev\. author] “Is.” 7; λόγος κατεσκευασμένος 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.6)].
11 absolutely in middle, prepare oneself or make ready for doing, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ὡς πολεμήσοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; ὡς οἰκήσων Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 3.2.24; ὡς εἰς μάχην 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.21.14)].
12 passive, of disease, to become established, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (-σκευαζομένου τοῦ πάθους 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.332)].
future -σκευάσω, Attic dialect -σκευῶ [Refs (“SIG” 1097.9)] (Athens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC), “IPE” 12.32 B 53 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC): _Doric dialect_)] aorist -εσκεύαξα Ti. Locrian dialect94d, [Refs (“Test.Epict.” 1.14, also κατεσκέαξα “Africa Italiana” 1.330 (from Cyrene): _Boeotian dialect_)] aorist infinitive -σκευάττη [Refs (“SIG” 1185.13)] (Tanagra, 3rd c.BC): perfect -εσκεύᾰκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.30)]: future middle 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person singular -ᾶται [Refs (“SIG” 1015.28)] (Halic.): Doric dialect aorist middle -εσκευαξάμην [Refs (“Test.Epict.” 1.9)]:—equip, furnish fully with.. , [πᾶσι] κ. τὸ πλοῖον with all appliances, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.194:)] —middle, τοὺς ἵππους Χαλκοῖς.. προβλήμασι κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 6.1.51:)] —frequently in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἱρὸν θησαυροῖσί τε καὶ ἀναθήμασι κατεσκευασμένον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.33, compare 2.44; κατασκευὴ Χρυσῶ τε καὶ ἀργύρω κατεσκ. [prev\. author] 9.82; οἷς ἡ Χώρα κατεσκεύασται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91)].
2 without dative, furnish, equip fully, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τὴν Χώραν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 1.9.19; κ. τινὰ ἐπὶ στρατιάν [prev\. author] “Cyr.” 3.3.3)]; [ἐλέφαντας] [Refs (κ. πρὸς τὴν πολεμικὴν Χρείαν “OGI” 54.12)] (Adule, 3rd c.BC):—middle, κ. τοὺς ὄνους having got his asses ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ, etc.:)] —passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τῆς Ἀντάνδρου μελλούσης -σκευάζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75, compare 8.24; ἔργα -ασμένα)] cultivated farms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus)] 4; of persons, to be under treatment, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Lib.” p.3 O., +others)]
3 construct, build, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (γέφυραν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186)] (passive); [Refs 6th c.BC+ (διδασκαλεῖον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.11; πόλιν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 557d; γυμνάσια [prev\. author] “Lg.” 761c)]; ἱερὰ θυσίας τε αὑτοῖς κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Criti.” 113c; ἐπιτείχισμ᾽ ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.71)]: generally, prepare, arrange, establish, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κ. δημοκρατίαν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.36; δύναμιν τῇ πόλει Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 3.39; συμπόσιον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 363c; ἰσότητα τῆς οὐσίας [prev\. author] “Lg.” 684d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1265a39; ὀλιγαρχίαν [prev\. author] “Ath.” 37.1; ναύτας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.36)]; κ. τινὰς μελέτῃ train them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 8.1.43)], etc.; turn out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πολιτικούς 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.264 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, +others:)] —middle, κατασκευάζεσθαι ναυμαχίαν prepare it, make ready for it, variant for{παρασκ-} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.85)]; make for oneself, especially build a house and furnish it, opposed to [Refs (ἀνασκευάζομαι [prev\. author] 1.93, 2.17)]; unpack, opposed to ἀνασκ., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 8.5.2; κ. ἐρημίαν αὑτῶ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 730c)], etc.; κ. τράπεζαν set up a bank, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator “fragment” 66; κατασκευάζομαι τέχνην μυρεψικήν)] I am setting up as a perfumer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “fragment” 1.2; τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀγορᾶς κατεσκευασμένους [prev\. author] 24.20)]; [πρόσοδον] οὐ μικρὰν κατεσκευάσαντο made themselves a good [income], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.61, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.11.)]
4 of fraudulent transactions, fabricate, trump up, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (πρόφασιν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.17; τὸ ἀπόρρητον κατασκευάσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.6; λιποταξίου γραφὴν κατεσκεύασεν [prev\. author] 21.103, compare92; Χρέα ψευδῆ [prev\. author] 42.30, compare 45.22 (_passive_))]; of persons, suborn, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (λογοποιούς Dinarchus Orator [{4-3rd c.BC}] 1.35)]; set up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (ἢ.. ἐπιτίθενται αὐτοὶ ἢ κατασκευάζουσιν ἕτερον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a1)]; οἱ κατεσκευασμένοι τῶν Θετταλῶν men prepared for the purpose, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.151; κατεσκ. δανεισταί [prev\. author] 42.28)]: with infinitive, [Refs (τὸν ἀνεψιὸν.. κατεσκεύασεν ἀμφισβητεῖν [prev\. author] 55.1)].
5 with double accusative, make, render, [φρούρια] [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κ. ὡς ἐχυρώτατα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.17)]; ἀριστερὰ δεξιῶν ἀσθενέστερα κ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 795a; φοβερὸν κ. τὸ αὐτόχειρα γενέσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.158; ἀνομοθέτητον ἑαυτῶ τὸν βίον Duris Epigrammaticus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 10 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; κ. τινὰ τοιοῦτον.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1380a2)] (also with adverb, πρὸς ἑαυτὸν κ. εὖ τὸν ἀκροατήν render the audience favourably disposed towards oneself, [Refs (1419b11).)]
6 represent as so and so, κ. τινὰς παροίνους, ὑβριστάς, ἀγνώμονας, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.14, compare 45.82; εἰ μὴ Γοργίαν Νέστορά τινα κατασκευάζεις)] unless you make out a Gorgias to be [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Nestor Epigrammaticus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 261c.)]
7 in argument, maintain, prove, τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ πραγμάτων.. ὡς ἐγὼ αἴτιός εἰμι, κατεσκεύαζε tried to make out that.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.110; κ. ὅτι.. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.15.14, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “P.” 1.32; κ. τῶ λόγῳ)] establish a proposition by reasoning, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Damianus Opticus “Opt.” 5; διὰ λόγου -σκευασθήσεται 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 6)].
8 in Logic, construct a positive argument, opposed to ἀναιρέω, ἀνασκευάζω (of negative arguments), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rh.” 1401b3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1036b, etc.: Philos., κ. τῶν ἀριθμῶν ἰδέαν)] construct, postulate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “EN” 1096a19, compare “Metaphorical” 984b25, +others)]
9 Geometry texts, construct, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 5.7 (_passive_), 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “Sph.Cyl.” 2.6 (_passive_))]; solve by a construction, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (πρόβλημα 3rd c.AD: Pappus Mathematicus 54.25)].
10 Rhet., frame, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (ὀνόματα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Comp.” 16)]; elaborate, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (κατεσκεύασται τὸ δοκοῦν εἶναι ἀφελές [prev\. author] “Is.” 7; λόγος κατεσκευασμένος 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.6)].
11 absolutely in middle, prepare oneself or make ready for doing, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ὡς πολεμήσοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; ὡς οἰκήσων Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 3.2.24; ὡς εἰς μάχην 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.21.14)].
12 passive, of disease, to become established, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (-σκευαζομένου τοῦ πάθους 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.332)].