προκόπτω

A. cut one's way forward, only metaph., π. διὰ τῆς λεωφόρου advance by the high-road, Anon. ap. Suid.: c. acc. cogn., τὴν ὁδὸν προκεκοφέναι J. AJ 2.6.7: without ὁδόν, ἐπὶ πολὺ προκεκοφότες ib. 2.16.3; π. τριάκοντα σταδίους Chio Ep. 4.2:—Pass. in Hdt., advance, prosper, ἀνωτέρω ὀδὲν τῶν πρηγμάτων προκοπτομένων 1.190; ἐς τὸ πρόσω οὐδὲν προεκόπτετο τῶν πρηγμάτων 3.56.

II. with neut. Adjs., προκόψομεν οὐδέν shall make no progress, advance not at all. Alc. 35; τὰ πολλὰ προκόψασ’ having prepared most of the way, E. Hipp. 23; τί ἂν προκόπτοις; what good would you get? Id. Alc. 1079; οὐδὲν προὔκοπτον εἰς . . they made no progress towards . . , X. HG 7.1.6; π. οὐδὲν ἐς πρόσθεν E. Hec. 961; ἐν παιδείᾳ προκεκοφότες D.S. 17.69; π. ἐν Ἰουδαϊσμῷ Ep.Gal. 1.14; ἐν τοῖς μαθήμασι Luc. Herm. 63: c. dat. modi, τοῖς πλούτοις ‐κεκοφότες D.S. 34/5.2.26; σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ Ev.Luc. 2.52.

2. c. gen. rei, τοῦ ναυτικοῦ μέγα μέρος προκόψαντες having made improvements in their navy to a great extent, Th. 7.56; ἡμῶν προκοπτόντων τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐκείνοις since we promote the increase of their empire, Id. 4.60; ἐπὶ πλεῖον π. ἀσεβείας having advanced further in impiety, 2 Ep.Ti. 2.16: abs., ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο π. Plb. 31.23.2; ἐπὶ πλεῖον π. D.S. 14.98.

3. esp. in Philos., of moreal and intellectual progress, Zeno Stoic. 1.56, Chrysipp.ib.2.337, Plu. 2.543e, Arr. Epict. 1.4.1,3.2.5, etc.; κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν π. Phld. Mort. 17; ὁ λόγος π. S.E. P. 2.240; προκοπτούσης τῆς θεραπείας if the treatment succeeds, Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.413, cf. Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.103; εἴωθε προκόπτειν ἡ . . ἀγωγή the treatment is usually successful, Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.9.1; ‐κεκοφυίας τῆς νόσου as the disease improves, Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 9.13.

b. of Time, προκοπτούσης ὁδοῦ as the journey advanced, Babr. 111.4; ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν is far spent, Ep.Rom. 13.12, cf. J. BJ 4.4.6; to be advanced in years, τῇ ἡλικίᾳ SIG 708.18 (Istropolis, ii B.C.); ὁ μὲν ‐κέκοφεν, ὁ δὲ νέος ἐστίν Herm. in Phdr. p.60 A.