πρόχειρος

1. at hand, ready , (Aeschulus Tragicus); of a drawn sword or knife, (Sophocles Tragicus); λίθοις καὶ . . ἀκοντίοις, ὡς ἕκαστός τι πρόχειρον εἶχε (Thucydides); ὃ προχειρότατον ἔχω εἰπεῖν (Demosthenes Orator)

2. πρόχειρόν [ ἐστι] it is easy , with infinitive, (Plato Philosophus), etc.

3. of persons, ready to do, with infinitive, (Sophocles Tragicus); with dative, πρ. τῇ φυγῇ ready for flight, (Euripides)

4. adverb -ρως, off-hand, readily , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)