ἐφόδια

A. supplies for travelling, money and provisions, esp. of an army, ἐπόδια δοῦναι, λαβεῖν, Hdt. 4.203, 6.70; δῑ ἀπορίαν ἐφοδίων τοῖς στρατευομένοις D. 3.20; of an ambassador's travelling-allowance, ἐφόδῑ οὐκ ἔχω Ar. Ach. 53, cf. Men. Pk. 160; ἐφόδῑ ἀναλίσκειν D. 19.311, cf. BCH 6.25 (Delos, ii B. C.): sg. in PSI 4.363.17 (iii B. C.): generally, ways and means, maintenance, ἐφόδια τῷ γήρᾳ ἱκανά D. 49.67, cf. Ar. Pl. 1024; τὰ τῆς φυγῆς ἐ. Aeschin. 1.172, Plu. Arat. 6; τὰ ἐ. τοῦ πολέμου the sinews of war, Arist. Rh. 1411a12; ἐφόδια τοῖς ἵπποις And. 4.30; of public money, οὐδὲ μιᾶς ἡμέρας ἐφόδῑ ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ κοινῷ D. 23.209; in phys. sense, τὰ ἐν σώματι ὑπάρχοντα ἐ. Arist. Pr. 871b24.

2. less freq. in sg., εὐσεβὴς βίος μέγιστον ἐ. Epich. [261]; ἀργύριόν τι ῥητὸν ἔχοντας ἐ. Th. 2.70; οὐκ ἔχων . . εἰ μὴ παῖδα καὶ ὅσον ἐ. X. An. 7.3.20; χιλίας λαβόντες δραχμὰς ἐφόδιον παρ’ ὑμῶν D. 19.158, cf. SIG 390.58 (iii B. C.): metaph., εἰς τὴν εὔνοιαν Hyp. Epit. 27; ἡ χρ/ηστότης . . θαυμαστὸν ἐ. βίῳ Men. 472, cf. 360, 792; πρὸς εὔνοιαν Phld. Lib. p.180.; τὴν Ἰλιάδα τῆς πολεμικῆς ἀρετῆς ἐ. νομίζων Plu. Alex. 8; τὴν σωφροσύνην ἐ. εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀποτίθεσθαι Id. 2.8c; ἐ. παιδείας ὁ πλοῦτος Artem. 4.67.

3. metaph., = ἀφορμή, D. 34.35, Hyp. Eux. 19; εἰς τὸ ἐπιβουλεύειν Sor. 1.3.