# παρασκευή
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From παρασκευάζω (paraskeuázō, “prepare”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ras.keu̯.ɛ̌ː/ → /pa.ras.ceˈβi/ → /pa.ras.ceˈvi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pa.ras.keu̯.ɛ̌ː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /pa.ras.keˈwe̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /pa.ras.ceˈβi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /pa.ras.ceˈvi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /pa.ras.ceˈvi/

### Noun

πᾰρᾰσκευή • (părăskeuḗ) f (genitive πᾰρᾰσκευῆς); first declension
* preparation, preparing
* providing, procuring; way of providing or procuring
* the things being prepared, provided, or procured
** (military) armament: arms, transportation, etc.
* (Koine) the day of preparation before the (Jewish) Sabbath; Friday; with or without ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā)
** 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 16.163:ἐν σάββασιν ἢ τῇ πρὸ αὐτῆς παρασκευῇ ἀπὸ ὥρας ἐνάτηςen sábbasin ḕ têi prò autês paraskeuêi apò hṓras enátēson the Sabbath or the [day of] preparation before it after the ninth hour
** 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 27:62:Τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν μετὰ τὴν παρασκευήνTêi dè epaúrion, hḗtis estìn metà tḕn paraskeuḗnthe next day, which is after the [day of] preparation
** The Gospel of Mark 15:42:Καὶ ἤδη ὀψίας γενομένης, ἐπεὶ ἦν παρασκευή, ὅ ἐστιν προσάββατονKaì ḗdē opsías genoménēs, epeì ên paraskeuḗ, hó estin prosábbatonWhen evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath
** 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 23:54:Καὶ ἡμέρα ἦν παρασκευῆς, καὶ σάββατον ἐπέφωσκεν.Kaì hēméra ên paraskeuês, kaì sábbaton epéphōsken.And it was the day of preparation, and Sabbath was almost dawning.
** 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 19:14:ἦν δὲ παρασκευὴ τοῦ πάσχα, ὥρα ἦν ὡς ἕκτη.ên dè paraskeuḕ toû páskha, hṓra ên hōs héktē.And it was the [day of] preparation of the Passover, [and] it was about the sixth hour.
** 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 19:31:Οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι, ἐπεὶ παρασκευὴ ἦν, ἵνα μὴ μείνῃ ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ τὰ σώματα ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ, ἦν γὰρ μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνου τοῦ σαββάτου, ἠρώτησαν τὸν Πειλᾶτον ἵνα κατεαγῶσιν αὐτῶν τὰ σκέλη καὶ ἀρθῶσιν.Hoi oûn Ioudaîoi, epeì paraskeuḕ ên, hína mḕ meínēi epì toû stauroû tà sṓmata en tôi sabbátōi, ên gàr megálē hē hēméra ekeínou toû sabbátou, ērṓtēsan tòn Peilâton hína kateagôsin autôn tà skélē kaì arthôsin.Then the Jews, because it was [the day of] preparation, so that the bodies wouldn't stay on the cross on the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was an important day, asked Pilate for their legs to be broken and taken down.
** 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 19:42:διὰ τὴν παρασκευὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίωνdià tḕn paraskeuḕn tôn Ioudaíōnbecause of the preparation [day] of the Jews

#### Derived terms

* παρασκευάζω (paraskeuázō)

#### Descendants

* Greek: παρασκευή (paraskeví)
* → Latin: parascevē, parasceuē, f

### References

* “παρασκευή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰσκευή (părăskeuḗ, “preparation”). Morphologically παρα- (para-) +‎ -σκευή (-skeví).

### Noun

παρασκευή • (paraskeví) f (plural παρασκευές)
* preparation
* for "Friday", see Παρασκευή (Paraskeví)

#### Related terms

* απροπαράσκευος (aproparáskevos, “unprepared”, adjective)
* παρασκευάζω (paraskevázo, “to prepare”)
* παρασκεύασμα n (paraskévasma, “preparation”)
* παρασκευαστήριο n (paraskevastírio, “laboratory”)
* παρασκευαστής m (paraskevastís, “laboratory assistant”)
* παρασκευάστρια f (paraskevástria, “laboratory assistant”)
* Παρασκευή f (Paraskeví, “Friday”)

### Further reading

* παρασκευή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language