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Liddell & Scott Intermediate Lexicon

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[I] a gift, present, proikos geusasthai to taste of a present, Od.; proikos charisasthai to give away gratis (proikos being gen. pretii), Od.

[2] a marriage-portion, dowry, Plat., Dem.

[II] the attic used acc. proika as adv., like dôrean, as a free gift, freely, at one's own cost, Lat. gratis, Ar., Plat.; pr. krinein without a gift, unbribed, Dem.