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1 ταχύς
I of motion, swift, fleet, opp. βραδύς,1 of persons and animals, either abs., Il.18.69, etc.; or more fully,πόδας ταχύς 13.249
, 482, 17.709, etc.;ταχὺς ἔσκε θέειν Od.17.308
; θείειν τ. Il.16.186, Od.3.112; κύνες, ἔλαφος, πτώξ, ἵππος, Il.3.26, 8.248, 17.676, 23.347, etc.;οἰωνόν, ταχὺν ἄγγελον 24.292
, cf. Od.15.526; τ. βαδιστής a quick walker, E.Med. 1182; σφοδροὶ καὶ τ. X.Cyr.2.1.31.2 of things,τ. πόδες Il.6.514
, cf. Od.13.261, etc.; τ. ἰός, ὀϊστοί, Il.4.94, Od.22.3, etc.; ;- ύτατα ἅρματα Pi.O.1.77
; νῆες, τριήρεις, Hdt.8.23, Th.6.43, etc.; [ἴχνος] τὸ τοῦ ποδὸς μὲν βραδύ, τὸ τοῦ δὲ νοῦ ταχύ E. Ion 742
.II of thought and purpose, quick, hasty, : c. inf., βλάπτειν τ. Ar.Ra. 1428;τ. βουλεῦσαί τι ἀνήκεστον Th.1.132
, cf. 118, Luc. Dem.Enc.12; alsoτ. πρὸς ὀργήν Plu.Cat.Mi.1
; τὸ ταχύ speed, haste, E.Ph. 452, X.Eq.7.18, etc.2 of actions, events, etc., rapid, sudden, ; ᾅδης, μόρος, E.Hipp. 1047, Mosch.3.26;πόλεμος Th.4.55
, 6.45;φυγή Id.4.44
; ; short, τ. ἐλπίδες fleeting hopes, Pi.P.1.83;ἐπαυρέσεις Th.2.53
; ;ταχεῖ σὺν χρόνῳ S.OC 1602
; τ. διήγησις short, rapid, Arist. Rh. 1416b30.B Adv.,1 regul. τᾰχέως, quickly, opp. βραδέως, Il.23.365, Hes.Th. 103, etc.:—rarely in sense perhaps (cf.τάχα 11
), Plb.16.25.8.2 the Adv. is also expressed by periphr., διὰ ταχέων in haste, Th.1.80, 3.13, Pl.Ap. 32d, X.An.1.5.9;ἐκ ταχείας S.Tr. 395
; cf.τάχος 11
.3 neut. ταχύ as Adv., Pi.P.10.51, N.1.51, S.Ph. 349, E.HF 885 (lyr.), Ar.Eq. 109, Gal.16.665, etc.; ἤδη ἤδη τ. τ. Sammelb. 4321.21, BGU956.3 (both iii A.D.); ἄρτι ἄρτι τ. τ. Arch.Pap.5.393 (ii A.D.); also τάχα (q.v.).4 the Adj. ταχύς is freq. construed with Verbs, where we should use the Adv.,ταχέες δ' ἱππῆες ἄγερθεν Il.23.287
;ταχεῖά γ' ἦλθε χρησμῶν πρᾶξις A.Pers. 739
;ὁρμάσθω ταχύς S.Ph. 526
; δεῦρ' ἀφίξεται τ. Id.OC 307;τ. χάρις διαρρεῖ Id.Aj. 1266
, cf. Th.2.75, 5.66.C Degrees of Comparison:I [comp] Comp.:1 the form [full] τᾰχύτερος, α, ον, is used by Hdt., , cf. 7.194; also in Arist.Mu. 394b3, Arr.Ind.9.6, Aret.SD1.16, but not in good [dialect] Att.; ταχύτερον as Adv., Hdt.4.127, 9.101, Hp. Prog.17.2 the more usual form is [full] θάσσων, neut. θᾶσσον, gen. ονος, [dialect] Att. [full] θάττων, neut. θᾶττον, Il.15.570, 13.819 (elsewh. only neut. in Hom.), etc.:—neut. as Adv., freq. in Hom., Od.2.307, al.; θᾶσσον ἂν.. κλύοιμι sooner, i.e. rather, would I hear, S.Ph. 631; θᾶσσον also often stands for the Positive, Il.2.440, Od.15.201, 16.130, Pi.P.4.181, Ar.Nu. 506, V. 187, Ra.94; οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις; i.e. make haste and bring, S.Tr. 1183, cf. OT 430; θᾶττον νοήματος quicker than thought, X.Mem.4.3.13, cf. Ar.V. 824, etc.; with a Conj., ὅτι θᾶσσον, like ὅτι τάχιστα, Theoc.24.48; ἐπειδὴ θᾶττον συνεσκότασεν as soon as.., D.54.5;ἐπειδὰν θ. συνιῇ τις Pl.Prt. 325c
;ὅταν θ. φθέγγηται ὁ κόκκυξ Arist.HA 563b17
, cf. 611a5; ἐὰν or ἢν θ. as soon as.., X.Cyr.3.3.20, An.6.5.20, Pl.Alc.1.105a; ἂν θ. Men. Pk. 174; εἰ θ. Pl.Ep. 324b; ὡς θ. Plb.1.66.1, 3.82.1; θ. rarely = sooner than, before, ἐξήλαυνον μεσημβρίας οὐ πολλῷ τινι θ. Aristid. Or.51 (27).13 (cf. τάχιον infr. 3).3 the form [full] ταχίων [pron. full] [ῑ], neut. ιον, is freq. in late Prose, as LXX Wi.13.9, 1 Ma.2.40, Ph.Bel.69.14, 17, 73.23, Gem.1.20, D.H.6.42, D.S.20.6, J. (v. infr.), Plu.2.240d, Ev.Jo. 20.4, Alciphr.3.4; also in Hp.Mul.1.1, Men.402.16; but condemned by Phryn.58, Hdn.Philet.p.436 P.; τὴν ταχίονα τῆς τροφῆς παράθεσιν earlier, sooner, Gal.19.206:—Adv. τάχιον earlier, πλέεται.. περὶ τὸν Σεπτέμβριον μῆνα.., οὐδὲν δὲ κωλύει κἂν τ. Peripl.M.Rubr. 24; τ. τῆς ὑποσχέσεως sooner than they had promised, Rev.Ét.Gr. 6.159 ([place name] Iasus);τ. τοῦ παραγγέλματος J.BJ4.4.2
;εἰς μακρὸν αὐτῶν γῆρας καὶ βίου μῆκος ὅμοιον τοῖς τ. ἐπερχομένων Id.AJ1.3.7
;ἀποπαύεται οὔτε τ. ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα οὔτε βράδιον ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα Sor. 1.20
, cf. 48, al.; formerly,ἐπεσκεύασαν τὸ παρόχιον,.. τ. γενόμενον γυμνάσιον IGRom.3.639
(Lycia, ii A.D.), cf. 4.1517 ([place name] Sardis), 1632.14 ([place name] Philadelphia), 1665.5 ([place name] Tira), Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht p.79 (iii A.D.), Hermes 63.229 ([place name] Callatis); cf. supr. 2 fin.II [comp] Sup.:1 the form [full] ταχύτατος is rare,ταχύτατα ἅρματα Pi.O.1.77
; ταχύτατα as Adv., X.HG5.1.27 codd., Antiph.87 codd.; but both passages have been corrected.2 the usual form is [full] τάχιστος, η, ον, used by Hom. only in neut. pl. τάχιστα as Adv., most quickly, most speedily, ὅττι τάχιστα as soon as may be, as soon as possible, Il.4.193, 9.659, al.;ὅτι τάχιστα S.OT 1341
(lyr.), Th.3.31, etc.; so ὅσον τ. A.Ch. 772, S. OT 1436, etc.; ᾳ (prob.) τ. Pi.O.13.79; ὅπως τ. A.Ag. 605, S.OT 1410, Ar.V. 167; ὡς τ. IG12.76.23, Hdt.1.210, Th.4.15, E.Rh. 147, X.An.1.3.14: these are ellipt. phrases, as may be seen from the foll. examples,ὡς δυνατόν ἐστι τάχιστα Pl.Lg. 710b
, X.Cyr. 5.4.3; ᾗ δυνατὸν τ. Id.HG6.3.6; ὡς or ᾗ ἠδύνατο τ. Id.Cyr.3.2.14, An.1.2.4; ὡς δύναιτο τ. Hdt.1.79; ὡς or ᾗ ἂν δύνωμαι τ. X.HG4.1.38, Cyr.7.1.9, cf. IG12.106.18.b τάχιστα after Particles of Time, as soon as, ἐπεὶ ([dialect] Ion. ἐπεί τε) , Hdt.1.27,75, 7.163, X.An.7.2.6, PCair.Zen.34.12 (iii B.C.); ἐπειδὴ τ. Pl.Prt. 310d, Is.9.3, D.27.16, etc.; ἐπεὰν τ. Hdt.4.134, 7.129, 8.144; ἐπὰν τ. X.An.4.6.9; ἐπειδὰν τ. Id.Cyr.1.3.14, An.3.1.9; ὅταν τ. Id.Cyr.4.5.33: also ὡς τ. separated by one or more words,ὡς ἡμέρη τ. ἐγεγόνεε Hdt.1.11
, cf. 19, 47,65, al., X.Cyr.1.3.2, Mem.1.2.16, al.;ὡς δὲ τ. ἐξῆλθε.. κόρον ἔτεκε IG42(1).121.4
(Epid., iv B.C.);ὡς γὰρ τ. εἰσῆλθον Men.Pk. 287
;ὡς ἂν τ. λάβῃς τὴν ἐπιστολήν PCair.Zen.241.1
(iii B.C.); but ὡς τ. γὰρ ἀπεδήμησας ib.472.7 (iii B.C.); ὅπως τ. A.Pr. 230:—the same notion is sometimes expressed by the part., ἀπαλλαγεὶς τάχιστα, = ὡς ἀπηλλάγη τ., Plu.Dem.8, cf. 25.3 freq. also in Prose, τὴν ταχίστην (in full,τὴν τ. ὁδόν X.An.1.2.20
, Luc.Rh.Pr.4 ) as Adv., by the quickest way, i.e. most quickly, Hdt. 1.24,73,81,86, Hyp.Eux.7, Men. Pk.75, Plb.1.33.4, etc. (Cf. Lith. (dial.) deñgti, Lett. diêgt, both = 'run quickly', Polish dążyć 'hurry'.) -
2 ἅμα
A Adv. at once, at the same time, mostly of Time, freq. added toτε.. καί, ἅμ' οἰμωγή τε καὶ εὐχωλή Il.8.64
;ἅ. τ' ὠκύμορος καὶ ὀϊζυρός 1.417
;σέ θ' ἅ. κλαίω καὶ ἐμέ 24.773
;σαυτόν θ' ἅ. κἀμέ S.Ph. 772
, cf. 119;ἄνους τε καὶ γέρων ἅ. Ant. 281
:—with καί only,ἅ. πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω Il.3.109
; withτε.. τε, χειρῶν τε βίης θ' ἅ. ἔργον ἔφαινον Hes.Th. 677
.3 in Prose ἅ. δέ.. καί.., ἅ. τε.. καί.., ἅ... καί .. may often be translated by no sooner.. than..,ἅ. δὲ ταῦτα ἔλεγε καὶ ἀπεδείκνυε Hdt.1.112
; ;ἅ. ἀκηκόαμέν τε καὶ τριηράρχους καθίσταμεν D.4.36
;ἅ. διαλλάττονται καὶ τῆς ἔχθρας ἐπιλανθάνονται Isoc.4.157
.b ἅ. μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 'no sooner said than done', Il.19.242;ἅ. ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐμήδετο h.Merc.46
;ταῦτα εἶπε καὶ ἅ. ἔπος τε καὶ ἔργον ἐποίεε Hdt.3.134
, cf. 9.92: prov.,ἅμ' ἔπος ἅμ' ἔργον Diogenian.1.36
.c with part. and finite Verb in same sense,βρίζων ἅ... ἐξήμελξας εὐτραφὲς γάλα A.Ch. 897
; ἅ. εἰπὼν ἀνέστη as soon as he had done speaking, he stood up, X.An.3.1.47; τῆς ἀγγελίας ἅ. ῥηθείσης ἐπεβοήθουν as soon as news was brought they assisted, Th.2.5;ἅ. γιγνόμενοι λαμβάνομεν Pl.Phd. 76c
;ἡμῖν ἅ. ἀναπαυομένοις ὁ παῖς ἀναγνώσεται Tht. 143b
.4ἅ. μέν.. ἔτι δέ.. X.Cyr.1.4.3
;ἅ. μέν.. πρὸς δέ.. Hdt.8.51
.II together, at once, both, without direct ref. to time, ἅ. πάντες orπάντες ἅ. Il.1.495
, al.;ἅ. ἄμφω h.Cer.15
;ἅ. κρατερὸς καὶ ἀμύμων Od.3.111
, etc.: of Place, Arist.Metaph. 1028b27.IV abs. with Verb, at one and the same time,αἱ πᾶσαι [νῆες] ἅ. ἐγίγνοντο ἐν ἑνὶ θέρει σ καὶ ν Th.3.17
, cf.οὐχ ἅ. ἡ κτῆσις παραγίγνεται D.23.113
.B Prep. with dat. (freq. with part. added), at the same time with, together with, ἅμ' ἠοῖ φαινομένηφι at dawn, Il.9.682, al.; ἅ. ἕῳ, ἅ. ἕῳ γιγνομένῃ, Th.1.48, 4.32; ἅμ' ἠελίῳ ἀνιόντι or καταδύντι at sunrise or sunset, Il.18.136, 210, al.;ἅμ' ἡμέρῃ διαφωσκούσῃ Hdt.3.86
, al.;ἅμ' ἡμέρᾳ E.El.78
, Th.2.94, etc., [dialect] Att.; ἅμ' ἦρι ἀρχομένῳ or ἅ. ἦρι at beginning of spring, Th.5.20, 2.2, etc.;ἅ. κήδεϊ κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς
during the time of..,Hdt.
2.36;ἅ. τειχισμῷ Th.7.20
;ἅμα τῷ διαυγάζειν Plb.3.104.5
(without Art. ἅμα εὑρεθῆναι Ps.-Plu.Fluv.23.2).2 generally, together with,ἅ. τινὶ στείχειν Il.16.257
;ὀπάσσαι 24.461
, al.; ; ἅ. πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο keeping pace with the wind, Od.1.98; repeated,ἅμ' αὐτῷ.. ἅμ' ἕποντο 11.371
;οἱ ἅ. Θόαντι Hdt.6.138
, cf. Th.7.57.II rarely c. gen., Herod.4.95, POxy. 903 (iv A. D.), Pythag.Sim.28, Olymp.Hist. p.453 D.; dub. in Thphr.Char.6.9. -
3 ἤ
ἤ (A), [dialect] Ep. also [full] ἠέ (in signf. A.11 ἤ (or ἠέ) folld. by ἦ (or ἦε), v. infr.), Conj. with two chief senses, Disj. (2 ἢ.. ἤ either.. or, , cf. 151, 5.484, etc.; soἢ.. ἤτοι.. Pi.N.6.4
, Fr. 138;ἤτοι.. ἤ.. A.Ag. 662
, S. Ant. 1182, Th.2.40, etc. (in Classical Gr. the alternative introduced by ἤτοι is emphasized, later no distn. is implied, Ep.Rom.6.16;ἤτοι.. ἢ.. ἤ.. PTeb.5.59
(ii B.C.)); ἤ repeated any number of times,ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι ἢ τεὸν ἢ Αἴαντος ἰὼν γέρας ἢ Ὀδυσῆος Il.1.138
, cf. Od.15.84, S.Ant. 707; ἤ is prob. wrongly accented in codd. of Il.2.289, Od.3.348, 19.109, v. ἦ Adv.1.3:ἢ πόλις βροτός θ' ὁμοίως A.Eu. 524
(lyr.) is exceptional.3 or else, otherwise,εἰδέναι δεῖ περὶ οὗ ἂν ᾖ ἡ βουλή, ἢ παντὸς ἁμαρτάνειν ἀνάγκη Pl.Phdr. 237c
;μή με λυπεῖτε, ἢ φεύξομ' ἐκ τῆς οἰκίης Herod.5.74
; ζῶντα κακῶς λέγειν ἐκώλυσε.., ἢ τρεῖς δραχμὰς ἀποτίνειν ἔταξε Lex Sol. ap. Plu.Sol.21, cf. 24, IG12.94.10, Them.Or.21.260a.II in Questions or Deliberations in Disj. form(the accentuation is ἢ ([etym.] ἠέ) folld. by ἦ ([etym.] ἦε), Hdn. Gr.2.24, al., A.D.Conj.224.28):1 Direct questions,a introduced by ἢ (ἠέ), ἢ δολιχὴ νοῦσος ἦ Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα.. κατέπεφνεν; Od.11.172; ἤ τι κατὰ πρῆξιν ἦ μαψιδίως ἀλάλησθε.. ; 3.72, cf. 1.408, 16.462, Il.6.378, 15.735, 16.12, etc.b without an introductory Particle, θεός νύ τις ἦ βροτός ἐσσι; art thou a goddess or a mortal? Od.6.149, cf. 1.226, 4.314, 372, 643, 20.130, 21.194, Il.10.63, 425, 534, 15.203: accented ἦ, Hdn.Gr.2.145, al., but ἤ freq. in codd. of Hom. and always in codd. of later writers: ἤκουσας ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας ἢ κωφῇ λέγω; A.Th. 202; ἄρτι δὲ ἥκεις ἢ πάλαι; Pl.Cri. 43a; κακουργεῖν δεῖ ἢ οὔ; ib. 49c; preceded by πότερον, πότερον δοκεῖ σοι κάκιον εἶναι, τὸ ἀδικεῖν ἢ τὸ ἀδικεῖσθαι; Id.Grg. 474c, etc.2 Indirect questions, freq. epexegetic of a preceding question and identical in form with direct questions.aεἴπ' ἄγε,.. ἤ ῥ' ἐθέλει.., ἦ ἀπέειπε.. Il.9.674
; ;διάνδιχα μερμήριξεν ἢ ὅ γε.. ἐναρίζοι ἦε χόλον παύσειεν 1.190
; later withεἰ.. ἤ A.Ch. 890
,Ag. 478, S.OC80, etc.; πότερον orπότερα.. ἤ.. Id.Pers.148
, 352, Ag.630, etc.; sts.εἴτε.. ἤ E.El. 897
;ἢ.. εἴτε S.Aj. 177
.b without introductory Particle,οὐδέ τι οἶδα ζώει ὅ γ' ἦ τέθνηκε Od.11.464
, cf. Il.10.546, Od.24.238.B COMPARATIVE, than, as, after a [comp] Comp., Il.11.162, etc.: after positive Adjs. which imply comparison, ἄλλος, ἕτερος ἤ.., S.OT 595, Tr. 835(lyr.);ἐναντίος ἤ Pl.Grg. 481c
; ἴδιόν τι πάσχειν πάθος ἢ οἱ ἄλλοι ibid.: after Advbs. or adverbial phrases, πλήν, πρίν, πρόσθεν, χωρίς (qq. v.), ἀλλά (v. ἀλλ' ἤ); τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ ἤ.. Id.Cri. 44a
(f.l. in Smp. 173a);ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ καὶ δεκάτῳ ϝέτει ἀπὸ τῶ ποτεχεῖ ϝέτεος ἢ Ἀριστίων ἐφορεύει Tab.Heracl.1.121
;παρὰ δόξαν ἢ ὡς αὐτὸς κατεδόκεε Hdt.1.79
, cf. 8.4;διαφερόντως ἤ.. Pl.Phd. 85b
; οὐδ' ὅσον ἤ.. not so much as.., not more than.., Theoc.9.21: after Verbs implying comparison, βούλεσθαι ἤ.. to wish rather than.., v. βούλομαι IV,αἱρέω B. 11.1b
; so φθάνειν ἤ.. to come sooner than.., Il.23.445, Od.11.58;ἐπιθυμεῖν ἤ.. X.Cyr.1.4.3
;δέχεσθαι ἤ.. Lys.10.21
: less freq. after a word not implying comparison, δίκαιον ἡμέας ἔχειν.. (sc. μᾶλλον)ἤ περ Ἀθηναίους Hdt.9.26
;ἐμοὶ πικρὸς.. ἢ κείνοις γλυκύς S.Aj. 966
(s.v.l.);δεδικαιωμένος ἢ ἐκεῖνος Ev.Luc.18.14
.2 joining two Comparatives which refer to the same subject,πάντες κ' ἀρησαίατ' ἐλαφρότεροι πόδας εἶναι ἢ ἀφνειότεροι Od.1.165
;ταχύτερα ἢ σοφώτερα Hdt.3.65
;μανικώτεροι ἢ ἀνδρειότεροι Pl.Tht. 144b
, cf. Ar.Ach. 1078.3 rarely after a [comp] Sup., (s.v.l.);πίθοιτό κεν ὔμμι μάλιστα ἢ ἐμοί A.R.3.91
.4 ἢ οὐ is used when a neg. precedes, , cf.5.94, Th.2.62, etc.: after an implied neg.,ὠμὸν.. πόλιν ὅλην διαφθεῖραι μᾶλλον ἢ οὐ τοὺς αἰτίους Id.3.36
.5 freq. omitted with numerals after πλείων, ἐλάττων, μείων, ἔτη.. πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα v.l. in Pl.Ap. 17d;οὐ μεῖον πεντακοσίους X.An.6.4.24
: sts. with an inf. or conditional clause, ; τίς εὐπραξία σπανιωτέρα.., εἰ [δύναμις] πάρεστιν (for ἢ δύναμιν παρεῖναι); Th.1.33.6 pleon. with a gen.,τίς ἂν αἰσχίων εἴη ταύτης δόξα, ἢ δοκεῖν.. Pl.Cri. 44c
, cf. Lys.10.28.7 the Disj. and [comp] Comp. uses are found together in Il.15.511 βέλτερον, ἢ ἀπολέσθαι ἕνα χρόνον ἠὲ βιῶναι, ἢ δηθὰ στρεύγεσθαι ἐν αἰνῆ δηϊοτῆτι better, either to die once for all or win life, than long to toil in battle. [ἢ οὐ, ἢ οὐκ combine by Synizesis into one syll. in Trag. and Com., A.Pr. 330, S.Aj. 334, Ar.Lys. 128; so usually in [dialect] Ep., Od.1.298, al.; ;ἢ εἰ Alex.201
.]------------------------------------ἤ (B), an exclamation expressing disapproval,2 to call attention, ποῦ Ξανθίας; ἢ Ξανθία where's Xanthias? hi, Xanthias! Ar.Ra. 271.------------------------------------ἤ (or [full] ἦ) (C), Cypr. forA if, Inscr.Cypr.135.6H.2 Cret. for when, after, ἤ κ' ἀποστᾷ μωλῆν after retiring, he shall take proceedings, Leg.Gort.1.52; ἐν ταῖς τριάκοντα ἤ κα ϝείποντι within 30 days from the time of their proclamation, ib.8.18. -
4 πρόσθεν
πρόσθεν, and in Poets [full] πρόσθε, also in [dialect] Ion. Prose (Hdt.1.11, al., cf. ἐπίπροσθε); [dialect] Dor. and [dialect] Aeol. [full] πρόσθα A.D.Adv.153.20, E.M.424.12 (in elision πρόσθ', Alcm.73, Sapph.Supp.1.5); [dialect] Dor. also [full] πρόθεν (cf. ὄπιθεν), Greg.Cor.p.222S.: Adv.A as Prep. with gen.:I of Place or Space, before,στῆ πρόσθ' αὐτοῖο Il.5.170
;πεζὸς πρόσθ' ἵππων 13.385
, cf. 392, etc.; ;π. ποδῶν Od.22.4
, cf. Il.23.877; ἐκ δὲ τὼ ἀΐξαντε πυλάων π. μαχέσθην before, i.e. outside, 12.145, cf. 9.473;νῆσος.. π. Σαλαμῖνος τόπων A.Pers. 447
; π. Μυρμιδόνων πολεμιζέμεν in front of them, at their head, Il.16.220; ἐν τῷ π. τοῦ στρατεύματος in front of.., X.Cyr.5.3.52;εἰς τὸ π. τῶν ὅπλων ἐκαθέζοντο Id.An.3.1.33
;εἰς τὸ π. τινῶν θεῖναί τι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν Pl.R. 618a
: with collat. notion of defence, [σάκος] πρόσθε στέρνοιο φέρων Il.7.224
;στὰς πρόσθεν νέκυος 16.321
; τάων οὔτοι π. ἵσταμαι I defend them not, 4.54: hence, for, on behalf of,π. φίλων τοκέων ἀλόχων τε καὶ υἱῶν 21.587
, cf. 16.833;ὅς τε ἑῆς π. πόλιος λαῶν τε πέσῃσιν Od.8.524
.2 with Verbs of motion,π. ἕθεν φεύγοντα Il.5.56
, 80, 20.402;π. δὲ κί' αὐτοῦ 15.307
.3 metaph.,οὐδὲν ἐς π. κακῶν E.Hec. 961
: of preference,ἄγειν τινὰ π. τινός Id.Ba. 225
;π. τιθέναι τί τινος Id.Hec. 129
(anap.), cf. IG22.1299.58;αἰσχρὰ π. τοῦ καλοῦ ζητεῖν E.Fr.659.7
.II of Time, before,πρόσθ' ἄλλων Il.2.359
, cf.S.Ph. 778; τοῖιν δ' ἔγνω π. first of the twain, Il.13.66, cf. Hes.Th. 746;ἐμοῦ π. A.Pers. 529
;τοῦ χρόνου π. θανοῦμαι S.Ant. 462
;π. ἑσπέρας X.Cyr.7.5.43
.—The gen. sts. stands before πρόσθεν, Il.4.54, etc., cf. supr. When it seems to be folld. by a dat., this dat. must be connected with the Verb, and πρόσθεν taken as Adv., v. infr. B. 1.1.B as Adv.:I of Place or Space, before, in front,π. λέων ὄπιθεν δὲ δράκων Il.6.181
, Hes.Th. 323;π. δέ οἱ δόρυ τ' ἔσχε καὶ ἀσπίδα Il.5.300
, cf. 315;π. δέ οἱ ποίησε γαλήνην Od.5.452
;πρόσθ' ὁρόων θάνατον Il.20.481
; ὁ π. the front rank man, X.Cyr.2.2.8; τὰ π. ib.6.3.2; τὰ π. (sc. σκέλη ) the forelegs (of a horse), Id.Eq.1.12;ἡ χώρα ἡ π. Plb. 3.80.3
; προῆγε εἰς τὸ π. on, forward, Id.4.66.5;ἀεὶ τοῦ π. ὀρεγόμενοι Id.3.84.12
: with collat. notion of defence,π. σάκεα σχέθον Il.4.113
; ἥ τοι π. στᾶσα βέλος ἄμυνεν ib. 129.2 with Verbs of motion, before, in front,π. ἔφευγε 22.158
;ἥ οἱ π. ἰοῦσα 20.95
;π. ἡγεμονεύειν Od.22.400
, 24.155; ἵππους π. βαλεῖν, v. βάλλω A.11.5; ἐς τὸ πρόσθε παριέναι forward, Hdt.8.89;πάριτ' εἰς τὸ π. Ar.Ach.43
;εἰς τὸ π. προΐωμεν Pl.R. 437a
, etc.; μηδεμίαν αἰσχύνην π. ποιεῖσθαι allow to stand in the way, Id.Lg. 732b.II of Time, before, formerly, erst,οὗ καὶ π. ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή Il.7.325
, etc.;οὔποτε π. S.Aj. 318
;οὔπω π. X.An.5.4.18
;ἔτι π. Pl.Sph. 242d
;σμικρῷ π. Id.Lg. 969b
; οἱ π. ἄνδρες the men of old, Il.9.524;τοῦ π. Κάδμου τοῦ πάλαι τ' Ἀγήνορος S.OT 268
;ὁ π. γεννηθείς Id.OC 375
; ἡ π. the elder, E.Ph.58; of things, οἱ π. πόνοι the former, earlier labours, A.Supp.52 (lyr.);ἁ π. ἱππεία S.El. 504
(lyr.);ὁ π. λόγος Id.OT 851
;ἡ π. ἡμέρα X.An.2.3.1
, etc.; τὰ π. what was said above, Pl.Phdr. 238b; also τὸ π., as Adv., formerly, Il.23.583, Od.4.688; ταὐτὰ τῷ π. the same as before, Pl.Phdr. 241b;τὰ π. A. Ag.19
.C folld. by a Particle, πρόσθεν, πρὶν.. before.., mostly with a neg.,οὐ πρόσθεν.., πρίν γε.. με ἴδηται Od.17.7
, cf. X.An.1.1.10, Cyr. 1.2.8, etc.; οὐ π. πρὶν ἤ.. ib.1.4.23: without a neg.,π. πρὶν τυχεῖν Pi.P.2.91
: alsoπ. ἢ.. S.OT 736
, El.82, 1333; ποτιτάσσει.. μὴ π. ἐξελθεῖν ἢ τὰν ματέρα κατακάνῃ Anon.Mythogr. in PSI9.1091.3.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πρόσθεν
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5 φθάνω
Aἔφθανον X.HG6.2.30
, AP9.272 ([place name] Bianor): [tense] fut.φθήσομαι Il.23.444
, Th.5.10, Pl.R. 375c, etc.; but φθάσω [ᾰ] Hp. Morb.3.13 (s. v. l.), X.Cyr.5.4.38: [tense] aor.ἔφθᾰσα Hdt.7.161
, A.Pers. 752 (troch.), Th.3.49, X.Cyr.7.1.19, etc.; imper.φθάσον J.AJ6.11.7
; opt. [ per.] 3sg.φθάσειε Isoc.8.120
, pl.φθάσειαν X.HG7.2.14
(this tense prevails in later Gk., Plb.3.66.1, etc.); [dialect] Dor.ἔφθασσα Theoc.2.115
: but the only [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. is ἔφθην, not found in A. or S., but the more usual form in E. and Ar., less freq. in Th., X., D.; pl. ἔφθημεν, -ητε, -ησαν, E.Ph. 1468, Isoc.5.7, Antipho 2.2.5, [dialect] Ep.pl.3φθάν Il.11.51
; subj. φθῶ, [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg. φθήῃ, φθῇσιν, 16.861, 23.805; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 1pl.φθέωμεν Od.16.383
; [ per.] 3pl.φθέωσι 24.437
; opt. φθαίην, [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg. φθαίησι ([etym.] παρα-) Il.10.346; inf.φθῆναι Hdt.6.115
, Th.4.4; part.φθάς Hdt.3.71
; [dialect] Ep. part. [voice] Med.φθάμενος Il.5.119
, al., Hes.Op. 554: [tense] pf. ἔφθᾰκα Philipp. ap. D.18.39, LXX 2 Ch.28.9, IG12 9).906.26 (Chalcis, iii A. D.);πέφθακα Ps.-Callisth. 2.10
(v. l): [tense] plpf.ἐφθάκει Plu.Galb. 17
, Luc.Philops.6:—[voice] Pass., Arist.Mu. 395a18: [tense] impf.ἐφθάνετο AP9.278
([place name] Bianor);ἐφθάνοντο J.BJ5.2.4
(v.l. ἐφονεύοντο): [tense] aor.ἐφθάσθην D.H. 6.25
, Epigr.Gr. 315 ([place name] Smyrna), IPE2.197 (Panticapaeum, ii A. D.), J.AJ8.12.4. Gal.4.560. [[pron. full] φθᾰνω always in [dialect] Att. (so also in AP9.272 ([place name] Bianor), APl.4.382, 384); φθᾱνω in Il.9.506, 21.262 (where Zenod. read φθανέει for φθάνει) ]:— come or do first or before others:I c. acc. pers., to be beforehand with, overtake, outstrip, in running or otherwise,φθάνει δέ τε καὶ τὸν ἄγοντα Il.21.262
;φθῆ σε τελος θανάτοιο 11.451
, cf. Hes.Op. 554, 570, Hdt.7.161, E.Heracl. 120, IT 669, Isoc.9.42, etc.;οὐ μὴ φθάσωμεν τοὺς κοιμηθέντας 1 Ep.Thess.4.15
; so ἔφθησαν τὸν χειμῶνα they anticipated the storm, Hdt.7.188;φθάσας τὸν λογισμόν D.21.38
:—[voice] Pass., to be overtaken, , AP9.278 ([place name] Bianor); ἐφθάσθην (v. supr.).II abs., come or act first, opp. ὑστερέω or ὑστερίζω, E.Ph. 975, X.An.6.1.18, cf. Th.4.121; τοῦ φθάσαντος ἁρπαγή the prey of the first comer, A.Pers. 752 (troch.), cf. Fr.23 (lyr.); ; , 100;φθάσαι πρὶν ἀδικηθῆναι Arist.Pol. 1302b23
, cf. Rh. 1373a23; in later writers, τὰ φθάσαντα the things before mentioned, Ael.VH 1.34, Arg.D.46; part. φθάνων, φθάσας previous,τῶν φθασάντων δυεῖν βιβλίων Porph.Abst.3.1
; ἐν τοῖς φθάνουσιν ἔργοις Dex.Hist.Fr. 26 J.;τοῖς φθάνουσι κατορθώμασι Id.Fr.6
J.;οἱ φθάσαντες πόνοι Agath.5.16
; previous time,Ael.
VH14.6; τὸ φθάσαν, τὰ φθάσαντα, the past, Agath.3.2, al., Procop.Gaz.Ep.32;ὁ φθάσας χρόνος Men.
Prot.p.127 D.2 with Preps., come or arrive first,ἕως τῶν οὐρανῶν LXX 2 Ch.28.9
;ἔφθασεν ἐφ' ὑμᾶς Ev.Matt.12.28
, Ev.Luc.11.20, cf. 1 Ep.Thess.2.16: φ. εἰς .., simply, arriveat, attain to, Ep.Rom.9.31, Ep.Phil.3.16, Plu.2.338a;φθάσομεν εἰς Πηλούσι<ον> PPar.18.14
(ii A. D.): abs., of Time, arrive, καιρὸς τῆς τομῆς ἔφθακε (v.l. ἔφθασεν) LXXCa. 2.12; ἔφθασεν ὁ μὴν ὁ ἕβδομος ib.2 Es.3.1.d Gramm., to be applied or applicable,ἐπ' ἀμφοτέρας τὰς διαθέσεις A.D.Synt.211.22
, cf. 217.23, al.III the action in which one is beforehand is expressed by the part. agreeing with the subject, [Ἄτη] πολλὸν ὑπεκπροθέει, φθάνει δέ τε πᾶσαν ἐπ' αἶαν βλάπτουσ' ἀνθρώπους and is beforehand in doing men mischief, Il.9.506; ἀλλ' ἄρα μιν φθῆ Τηλέμαχος κατόπισθε βαλών Telemachus was beforehand with him in striking, i.e. struck first, Od.22.91, cf. 16.383, Il.10.368;ἔφθασέν με προαπελθὼν Χάρμος PCair.Zen.16.3
(iii B. C.); ἔφθησαν ἀπικόμενοι arrived first, Hdt.4.136, cf. 6.115; so φ. εὐεργετῶν to be the first to show a kindness, X.Mem.2.3.14;ὅπως φθάσειαν βοηθήσαντες Id.HG7.2.14
;ἔφθασαν προκαταλαβόντες Th.3.112
;φθάνουσιν αὐτοὺς προκαταφυγοῦσαι Id.2.91
; ;φ. γόνασι προσπεσὼν πατρός E.HF 986
, etc: part. [voice] Pass. is also used, ἦ κε πολὺ φθαίη πόλις ἁλοῦσα, i.e. it would be taken first, Il.13.815; εἴ κε φθήῃ τυπείς shall be wounded first, 16.861; φθαίητε γὰρ ἂν.. ἐξανδραποδισθέντες ἣ .. Hdt.6.108;μὴ φθάσωσι προεπιβουλευόμενοι Th.3.83
;ἔφθη κατακωλυθείς X.HG1.6.17
; φθάνειν δεῖ πεφραγμένους τοὶς πόρους they must first be blocked up, Id.Cyr.2.4.25: these clauses, being compar. in sense, are folld. by a gen., φθὰν δὲ μέγ' ἱππήων.. κοσμηθέντες were drawn up before the drivers, Il.11.51; more freq. by πρὶν .. orἢ.., ἔφθη ὀρεξάμενος, πρὶν οὐτάσαι 16.322
, cf. Antipho1.29, X. Cyr.3.2.4; ;ἔφθης πεζὸς ἰὼν ἢ ἐγὼ σὺν νηΐ Od.11.58
; ἔφθησαν ἀναβάντες πρὶν ἢ .. Hdt.9.70; ἔφθησαν ἐκπεσόντες πρότερον ἢ .. Id.6.91.b in later Gr., c. part. to express previous action or happening, φθάνω ὑμῖν πρότερον γεγραφηκώς I have already written to you, POxy.1666.3 (iii A. D.), cf. 237 vi30 (ii A. D.), etc.;ἔφθασα εἰρηκώς Luc.Pisc.29
;ὡς ἔφθην εἰπών Id.Par.3
; cf. 111.2b.2 in the same sense, part. φθάς or φθάσας, [dialect] Ep. φθάμενος, is used like an Adv. with a principal Verb, ὅς μ' ἔβαλε φθάμενος, for ὅς μ' ἔφθη βαλών, Il.5.119, cf. 13.387, Od. 19.449; οὐκ ἄλλος φθὰς ἐμεῦ κατήγορος ἔσται no other shall be an accuser before me, Hdt.3.71; ἀνέῳξάς με φθάσας you opened the door before me, Ar.Pl. 1102;φθάσας προσπεσοῦμαι Th.5.9
, cf. 2.91, X.Cyr. 1.5.3, etc.; even with a part.,φθάσας.. ἁρπάσας Hdt.6.65
; rarely part. [tense] pres.,φθάνοντες δῃοῦμεν X.Cyr.3.3.18
.b in signf. 111.1b, φθάσαντες ἐπληρώσαμεν αὐτούς we had already paid them, POxy.1103.6 (iv A. D.); but ὡσεὶ καὶ ὁμογενῆ φθάσας εἶπον as if I had said (not had already said) ὁ., Gal.16.502.3 rarely c. inf., ὁ φθάσας θαρσῆσαι he that first gains confidence, Th.3.82; σπεύδειν ὅπως.. φθαίης ἔτ' εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ἐλθεῖν (v.l. ἐλθών ) hurry to be in time to get to.., Ar.Eq. 935 (lyr.), cf. Nu. 1384 (v. infr. IV. 1); μόλις φθάνει θρόνοισιν ἐμπεσοῦσα μὴ χαμαὶ πεσεῖν hardly manages by falling first on the seat not to fall on the ground, E.Med. 1169; more freq. in later writers, of actions which one manages to do, does before or has done first or already, A.R.1.1189, D.H.4.59,61, Sor.1.111, Gal.15.2,93, Luc. DMort.13.2, Harm.2;ἐὰν φθάσω πρὸ τῆς τρύγης ἀνελθεῖν PSI8.971.10
(iii/iv A. D.);ἐὰν ὁ ἰατρὸς αὐτὸ φθάσῃ κενῶσαι Gal.16.499
; φθάνοντος ἤδη πυρέττειν ἐκ τεττάρων ἡμερῶν τοῦ νοσοῦντος having already begun, ib.498; μὴ φθάνων προσηκόντως τρέφεσθαι if he is not first suitably nourished, Id.18(2).36, cf. 84,103; συμβαίνει φθάνειν ἀποθνῄσκειν τοὺς νεωτέρους the young die first, ib.222; εἰ φθάσαιμεν παλαιοὺς πίθους ἔχειν μεγάλους if we already have.., Gp.6.3.11, cf. 10.22.2, al., A.D.Pron.90.1;ἔφθακεν οὖν ταῦτα ἐψηφίσθαι καὶ τῇ βουλῇ IG12(9).906.26
(Chalcis, iii A. D.).IV with negatives,1 with οὐ and part. (inf. is v. l. in Ar.Nu. 1384), folld. by καί or καὶ εὐθύς, of two actions following close on each other, οὐ φθάνειν χρὴ συσκιάζοντας γένυν καὶ.. ὁρμᾶν you must no sooner get your beard than you march, E.Supp. 1219; οὐ φθάνει ἐξαγόμενος καὶ εὐθὺς ὅμοιός ἐστι τοῖς ἀκαθάρτοις no sooner is he brought out than he becomes unclean, X.Eq.5.10, cf. Ar.Nu. 1384; οὐκ ἔφθημεν εἰς Τροιζῆν' ἐλθόντες καὶ τοιαύταις νόσοις ἐλήφθημεν ἐξ ὧν .. no sooner had we come to Troezen than.., Isoc.19.22, cf. 5.53, 8.98, 9.53; οὐκ ἔφθη μοι συμβᾶσα ἡ ἀτυχία καὶ εὐθὺς ἐπεχείρησαν διαφορῆσαι τἄνδοθεν scarcely or no sooner had misfortune befallen me when.., D.57.65, cf. 43.69, Isoc.4.86.2 οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοιτε, with part. [tense] pres., express a strong exhortation or urgent command, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοιτε τὴν ταχίστην ὀπίσω ἀπαλλασσόμενοι you could not be too quick in departing, i.e. make haste and be off, Hdt.7.162; οὐ φθάνοιτ' ἔτ' ἄν θνῄσκοντες make haste and die, E.Or. 936, cf. 941, Alc. 662, Heracl. 721, Tr. 456 (troch.), IT 245; ; ἀποτρέχων οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις ib. 1133; εἰς ἀγορὰν ἰὼν ταχέως οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις ib. 874, cf. Ec. 118;οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις λέγων Pl. Smp. 185e
, X.Mem.2.3.11; these phrases are not to be treated as questions, cf. οὐκ ἂν φθάνοιμι (sc. λέγων) Pl.Smp. 214e, cf. Phd. 100c, D.25.40, Luc.Fug.26, Symp.2, Anach.14: c. part. [tense] aor., once in Luc., Vit.Auct.26.b in 1, 2, or 3 pers., to express immediate futurity, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις ἀκούων you shall hear in a moment, Pl.Euthd. 272d; οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι τὸ πλῆθος τούτοις τοῖς θηρίοις δουλεῦον will soon (or inevitably) be enslaved to.., D.24.143; also to express what is logically inevitable, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοιεν αὐτοὺς προσκυνοῦντες they will soon be (or cannot logically help) worshipping them, Aristeas 137;τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἂν φθάνοις καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλεῖ πρὸ αὐτοῦ ἐγκαλῶν Luc.Fug.2
;οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι κἀμὲ μάντιν λέγων Id.Hes.8
;οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι τις ἁπάσας ἀναιρῶν τὰς τοιαύτας προστασίας Id.Apol.11
: c. part. [tense] aor., Id.Tox.2. -
6 μᾶλλον
μᾶλλον (comp. of the adv. μάλα; Hom.+) ‘more, rather’① to a greater or higher degree, more Phil 1:12. πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἔκραζεν he cried out even more loudly Mk 10:48; Lk 18:39. ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ μᾶλλον more and more (cp. Diog. L. 9, 10, 2) Phil 1:9; Hs 9, 1, 8. ἐγὼ μᾶλλον I can do so even more Phil 3:4. The thing compared is introduced by ἤ (Apollon. Paradox. 9; Appian, Iber. 90 §392; Lucian, Adv. Ind. 2) Mt 18:13 or stands in the gen. of comparison (X., Mem. 4, 3, 8, Cyr. 3, 3, 45) πάντων ὑμῶν μ. γλώσσαις λαλῶ I (can) speak in tongues more than you all 1 Cor 14:18 (Just., A I, 12, 1 πάντων μᾶλλον ἀνθρώπων).—Abs. μ. can mean to a greater degree (than before), even more, now more than ever Lk 5:15; J 5:18; 19:8; Ac 5:14; 22:2; 2 Cor 7:7. Somet. it is also added to verbs: Σαῦλος μ. ἐνεδυναμοῦτο Ac 9:22.—In combination w. an adj. it takes the place of the comparative (Hom. et al.; Just., D. 107, 2 γενεὰν … μοιχαλίδα μ.; Synes., Ep. 123 p. 259d μ. ἄξιος) μακάριόν ἐστιν μᾶλλον Ac 20:35 (s. 3c below). καλόν ἐστιν αὐτῷ μᾶλλον Mk 9:42; cp. 1 Cor 9:15. πολλῷ μ. ἀναγκαῖά ἐστιν they are even more necessary 1 Cor 12:22. πολλὰ τ. τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τ. ἄνδρα the children of the desolate woman are numerous to a higher degree than (the children) of the woman who has a husband = the children are more numerous Gal 4:27 (Is 54:1).—Pleonastically w. words and expressions that already contain the idea ‘more’ (Kühner-G. I 26; OSchwab, Histor. Syntax der griech. Komparation III 1895, 59ff; B-D-F §246; Rob. 278) μ. διαφέρειν τινός Mt 6:26; Lk 12:24. περισσεύειν μᾶλλον 1 Th 4:1, 10; w. a comp. (Trag.; Hdt. 1, 32; X., Cyr. 2, 2, 12; Dio Chrys. 23 [40], 17; 32 [49], 14; Lucian, Gall. 13; Ps.-Lucian, Charid. 6; Just., A I, 19, 1 and D. 121, 2; Synes., Ep. 79 p. 227c; 103 p. 241d) πολλῷ μᾶλλον κρεῖσσον Phil 1:23. μᾶλλον περισσότερον ἐκήρυσσον Mk 7:36. περισσοτέρως μᾶλλον ἐχάρημεν we rejoiced still more 2 Cor 7:13. μ. ἐνδοξότεροι Hs 9, 28, 4. ὅσῳ δοκεῖ μ. μείζων εἶναι the more he seems to be great 1 Cl 48:6b.② for a better reason, rather, all the moreⓐ rather, sooner (ApcMos 31 ἀνάστα μ., εὖξαι τῷ θεῷ) μ. χρῆσαι (X., Mem. 1, 2, 24) rather take advantage of it (i.e. either freedom or slavery) 1 Cor 7:21 (lit. on χράομαι 1a). The slaves who have Christian masters μᾶλλον δουλευέτωσαν should render them all the better service (so REB, NRSV) 1 Ti 6:2. νῦν πολλῷ μ. ἐν τ. ἀπουσίᾳ μου much more in my absence Phil 2:12. οὐ πολὺ μ. ὑποταγησόμεθα τ. πατρί; should we not much rather submit to the Father? Hb 12:9. τοσούτῳ μ. ὅσῳ all the more, since 10:25.ⓑ more (surely), more (certainly) πόσῳ μ. σοί how much more surely to you Phlm 16. πόσῳ μ. ὑμᾶς … ἐξεγείρει how much more will he raise you up (vivid use of the pres.) AcPlCor 2:31. πολλῷ μ. Ro 5:9 (s. HMüller, Der rabb. Qal-Wachomer Schluss. in paul. Theol., ZNW 58, ’67, 73–92). Very oft. a conditional clause (εἰ) precedes it (Epicurus in Diog. L. 10, 91 εἰ γὰρ …, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἄν=if …, how much more surely) εἰ τὸν χόρτον ὁ θεὸς οὕτως ἀμφιέννυσιν, οὐ πολλῷ μ. ὑμᾶς; if God so clothes the grass, (will God) not much more surely (clothe) you? Mt 6:30. Likew. εἰ … πολλῷ μ. Ro 5:10, 15, 17; 2 Cor 3:9, 11; εἰ … πόσῳ μ. if … how much more surely Mt 7:11; 10:25; Lk 11:13; 12:28; Ro 11:12, 24; Hb 9:14. εἰ … πῶς οὐχὶ μ.; if … why should not more surely? 2 Cor 3:8. εἰ … πολὺ μ. ἡμεῖς if … then much more surely we Hb 12:25. εἰ ἄλλοι … οὐ μᾶλλον ἡμεῖς; if others (have a claim), do we not more surely (have one)? 1 Cor 9:12 (μ. can also mean above all, especially, e.g. Himerius, Or. 40 [Or. 6], 2).—CMaurer, Der Schluss ‘a minore ad majus’ als Element paul. Theol., TLZ 85, ’60, 149–52.ⓐ following a negative thatα. is expressed: μὴ εἰσέλθητε. πορεύεσθε δὲ μ. do not enter (into); go instead Mt 10:6. μὴ φοβεῖσθε … φοβεῖσθε δὲ μ. vs. 28; ἵνα μὴ τὸ χωλὸν ἐκτραπῇ, ἰαθῇ δὲ μ. Hb 12:13. μὴ …, μᾶλλον δέ Eph 4:28; 5:11. μὴ or οὐ …, ἀλλὰ μ. (TestBenj 8:3; JosAs 26:2 A [p. 80, 2 Bat.]; ParJer 2:5; Just., A I, 27, 5; Syntipas p. 17, 3; 43, 17) Mt 27:24; Mk 5:26; Ro 14:13; Eph 5:4; AcPt Ox 849, 20.β. is unexpressed, though easily supplied fr. the context: πορεύεσθε μ. (do not turn to us), rather go Mt 25:9. ἵνα μ. τὸν Βαραββᾶν that he should (release) Barabbas instead (of Jesus) Mk 15:11. ἥδιστα μᾶλλον καυχήσομαι (I will not pray for release), rather I will gladly boast 2 Cor 12:9. μᾶλλον παρακαλῶ (I do not order), rather I request Phlm 9; τοὐναντίον μ. on the other hand rather 2 Cor 2:7. μᾶλλον αἰσχυνθῶμεν we should be ashamed of ourselves (rather than mistrust Mary of Magdala) GMary Ox 463, 25.ⓑ οὐχὶ μᾶλλον not rather follows a positive statement: ὑμεῖς πεφυσιωμένοι ἐστέ, καὶ οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἐπενθήσατε; you are puffed up; should you not rather be sad? 1 Cor 5:2. διὰ τί οὐχὶ μ. ἀδικεῖσθε; why do you not rather suffer wrong (instead of doing wrong to others)? 6:7a; cp. 7b.ⓒ μᾶλλον ἤ(περ) usually (exceptions: Ac 20:35 [Unknown Sayings, 77–81: this is not an exception, and renders ‘giving is blessed, not receiving’]; 1 Cor 9:15 [but see s.v. ἦ]; Gal 4:27) excludes fr. consideration the content of the phrase introduced by ἤ (Tat. 13, 3 θεομάχοι μ. ἤπερ θεοσεβεῖς; Appian, Iber. 26 §101 θαρρεῖν θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ πλήθει στρατοῦ=put his trust in God, not in …) ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μ. τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς people loved not light, but darkness J 3:19; cp. 12:43. ὑμῶν ἀκούειν μ. ἢ τοῦ θεοῦ, not obey God, but you instead Ac 4:19; cp. 5:29.—1 Ti 1:4; 2 Ti 3:4. τῷ ναυκλήρῳ μ. ἐπείθετο ἢ τοῖς ὑπὸ Παύλου λεγομένοις he did not pay attention to what Paul said, but to the captain of the ship Ac 27:11. Likew. μᾶλλον ἑλόμενος ἤ he chose the one rather than the other Hb 11:25.ⓓ μᾶλλον δέ but rather, or rather, or simply rather, introduces an expr. or thought that supplements and thereby corrects what has preceded (Aristoph., Plut. 634; X., Cyr. 5, 4, 49; Demosth. 18, 65; Philo, Aet. M. 23; Just., D. 27, 4; 29, 2; Ath. 17, 3 μ. δέ; cp. Ar.; Just., A I, 17, 4 and D. 79, 1 μ. δὲ καί) Χρ. Ἰ. ὁ ἀποθανών, μᾶλλον δὲ ἐγερθείς Chr. J. who died, yes rather was raised Ro 8:34. γνόντες θεόν, μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ since you have known God, or rather have been known by God Gal 4:9; cp. 1 Cor 14:1, 5.—Rydbeck 80ff. DELG s.v. μάλα. M-M. EDNT. -
7 τελέω
Aτελέοντες Od.3.262
, cf. 4.776, al.,τελείει 6.234
, 23.161): [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.τέλεον Il.23.373
, 768;ἐτέλειον 9.456
, 15.593; [dialect] Ion. , Fr. 434;τελέεσκον Q.S.8.213
: [tense] fut.τελέσω Pi.N.4.43
, X.Cyr.8.6.3, ([etym.] δια-) Pl.R. 425e codd., D.21.66 codd. (- τελῶ Cobet in both places), PAvrom.2A9 (i B.C.); [dialect] Ep. also τελέω, Il.8.415, 12.59, Od.2.256, etc.; [dialect] Att. , Ar.Ra. 173, Pl.Prt. 311b: [tense] aor. ([etym.] ἐ)τέλεσα Od.5.390
; [dialect] Ep. τέλεσσα andἐτέλεσσα Il.246
, Il.12.222, 23.543, 559, al. (inf.τελέσσαι Pi.P.3.9
); [dialect] Att.ἐτέλεσα Th.4.78
, etc.: [tense] pf. , ([etym.] δια-) D.18.203:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. (v. infr.): [tense] aor.ἐτελεσάμην Id.38.18
, etc.; [tense] pf.τετέλεσμαι Inscr.Prien.11.34
(iii B.C.):—[voice] Pass., [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.ἐτελείετο Il.1.5
: [tense] fut.τελεσθήσομαι Thphr.Char.16.12
; [tense] fut. [voice] Med. in this sense, , Ag.68 (anap.), etc.,τελέεσθαι Il.2.36
,τελεῖσθαι Od.23.284
; part.τελεόμενος Hdt.1.206
,τελεύμενος Id.3.134
: [tense] aor.ἐτελέσθην Od.4.663
, etc.; [dialect] Aeol. inf.τελέσθην Sapph. Supp.1.4
: [tense] pf.τετέλεσμαι Il.18.74
, etc.: [tense] plpf.τετέλεστο 19.242
: Cret. [tense] pf. part.τετελημένος GDI4963
; [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl. [tense] pf. τετέληνται dub. in SIG 1024.22 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.): ([etym.] τέλος):—fulfil, accomplish, execute, perform, freq. in Poets from Hom. downwds., less freq. in Prose (except in signfs. 11 and 111);τελέσαι ἔργον τε ἔπος τε Od.2.272
, cf. Il.1.108, 523, etc.;τ. φιλοτήσια ἔργα Od.11.246
; μ' ἔφαντο ἄξειν εἰς Ἰθάκην, οὐδ' ἐτέλεσσαν but did it not, 13.212;τ. ἀέθλους 3.262
;πόνον 23.250
;πύματον δρόμον Il.23.373
;ὁδόν Od.2.256
, Mimn. 11; sts. withoutὁδόν, ἄτερ καμάτοιο τέλεσσαν ἤματι τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδ' ὀπίσσω Od.7.325
;ὁδῷ δὲ τὰ ξυντομώτατα ἐξ Ἀβδήρων ἐς Ἴστρον ἀνὴρ εὔζωνος ἑνδεκαταῖος τελεῖ Th.2.97
; ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐςΦάρσαλον ἐτέλεσε Id.4.78
; κίνδυνον τελέσσαι perform a dangerous feat, Epich.99; ;δίδυμα κακά A.Th. 782
(lyr.);προστάγματα Pl.Lg. 926a
, cf. d:—[voice] Pass., Hdt.1.206; καὶ εἰ τετελεσμένον ἐστί, = τελεῖσθαι δύναται, Od.5.90, Il.14.196;τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 7.465
; αὐτίκ' ἔπειθ' ἅμα μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον 'no sooner said than done', 19.242;ἐάνπερ ἐπὶ λόγῳ ἔργα τελῆται Pl. R. 389d
, cf. Plt. 288c;γραφὴ τῶν τετελεσμένων ἔργων PPetr.3p.340
(iii B.C.);τετέλεσται Ev.Jo.19.30
(cf. 28).2 fulfil one's word, τ. ἔπος, μῦθον, ὑπόσχεσιν, Il.14.44, Od.4.776, 10.483;τελέω τὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην Il.23.20
; τελέσαι κότον, χόλον, glut one's fury, wrath, 1.82, 4.178: also, grant one the fulfilment or accomplishment of anything, τ. νόον τινί fulfil his wish, 23.149, cf. Od.22.51;τ. ἐέλδωρ Hes.Sc.36
; (lyr.); κατάρας ib. 724 (lyr.); rarely c. inf., οὐδ' ἐτέλεσσε φέρων δόμεναι he succeeded not in.., Il.12.222 (cf.ἀνύω 1.6
):—[voice] Pass., to be fulfilled, 2.36, 330, al.: esp. [tense] pf. part., [μῦθος] τετελεσμένος ἐστί Il.1.388
, cf.h.Ven.26; elsewh. in Hom. only neut.,τὸ δὲ καὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται Il.1.212
, cf. 8.286, al.:—[voice] Med., τελέσασθαι δίκην bring a suit to issue, D.38.18, cf. 39.18 ([voice] Pass.).3 grant in full, work out,ἀγαθόν τινι, ὅ τι φρεσὶν ᾗσι μενοινᾷ Od.2.34
;νόστον 15.112
; ;τ. λυγρά 18.134
;γῆρας ἄρειον 23.286
;κακὰ κήδεα τ. τινί Il.18.8
, cf. Od.4.699, 18.389, S. Ant.3; θεῶν τελεσάντων (sc. αὐτό) Pi.P.10.49;εὖ τελεῖ θεός A. Th. 35
.4 ὅρκια τελεῖν make an oath effective, Il.7.69: later, execute a legal document, δημόσιος χρηματισμὸς τετελεσμένος δι' ἐπιτηρητῶν ἀγορανομίας Mitteis Chr.200.10 (iii A.D.), cf. POxy.290.22 (i A.D.), etc.5 bring to fulfilment or perfection,ἀρετὰν.. πεπρωμέναν τελέσει Pi.N.4.43
; τ. τινά bless him with perfect happiness, Id.I.6(5).46 (dub.); soτετελεσμένον ἐσλόν Id.N.9.6
;τελεσθεὶς ὄλβος A.Ag. 751
(lyr.): also, bring a child to maturity, bring it to the birth, E.Ba. 100 (lyr.).b with an Adj. added, ἅπαντας ἡ παίδευσις ἡμέρους τελεῖ makes perfectly gentle, Men.Mon.41.6 bring to an end, finish, end, Lyr.Alex. Adesp.21.2
.7 of Time,ὅτε δὴ τρίτον ἦμαρ.. τέλεσ' Ἠώς Od.5.390
; βίον τ. Simon.36, S.Ant. 1114; πολλοὺς τρόχους ἡλίου ib. 1065;τελευτὴν τοῦ βίου Id.Tr.79
; also τ. νοῦσον come to the end of it, Hes. Th. 799:—[voice] Pass.,περὶ δ' ἤματα μακρὰ τελέσθη Od.10.470
, cf. Hes. Th.59; τετελεσμένον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν ib. 795; ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσι τοῖς δὶς ἑπτὰ τετελ. Arist.HA 581a14, cf. Metaph. 994a26; of men, come to one's end,οἴμοι.. δεσπότου τελουμένου A.Ch. 875
(s. v.l.).8 sts. intr., like the [voice] Pass., come to an end, be fulfilled, turn out, οὐ γὰρ οἶδ' ὅπῃ τελεῖ ib. 1021, cf. Pers. 225 (troch.), S.El. 1417 (lyr.): later = τελέθω, to be,φύσει τελῶν μνησίκακος Tz.H.2.83
, al.II pay what one owes, what is due,λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας Il.9.156
, 298 (unless this means ' will administer good laws'); νῆας.. αἵ κεν τελέοιεν ἕκαστα ἄστε' ἐπ' ἀνθρώπων ἱκνεύμεναι bring supplies of everything, Od. 9.127: generally, pay, present, δῶρα, δωτίνην, Il.9.598, Od.11.352;μισθόν Il.21.457
, Eup.4; ;ἀργύριον.. μισθόν Id.Prt. 311d
;δύο δραχμὰς μισθόν Ar.Ra. 173
: metaph.,τ. ὕμνον Pi.P. 1.79
, 2.13; τ. ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ, i.e. die, Id.I.1.68.b esp. pay tax, duty, toll,φόρον Pl.Alc.1.123a
;τὰ τέλη Cratin.Jun.9.5
, Arist.Ath. 55.3, cf. Pl.Lg. 847b; τ. μετοίκιον pay the tax of a μέτοικος, ib. 850b;ἱππάδα Is.7.39
;θητικόν Arist.Ath.7.4
, Lex ap. D.43.54;ξενικά D.57.34
;συντάξεις Aeschin.3.91
; freq. in Papyri,οἱ τελοῦντες τὰ καθήκοντα εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν PTeb.5.174
(ii B.C.), etc.; τ. σῖτον pay one's contribution of corn, X.HG5.3.21: abs., pay tax, IG12.1.2,3, Hdt.2.109:—[voice] Pass., of money, etc., to be paid, Id.9.93; of persons, to be in receipt of rent,χώραν ἀτέλεστον ἔχουσιν αὐτοὶ τετελεσμένοι D. Prooem.55
.2 lay out, spend,χρήματα μεγάλα Hdt.3.137
, Pl. Ap. 20a, cf. X.Cyr.8.1.13:—[voice] Pass., to be spent or expended, Hdt.2.125; ἐς τὸ δεῖπνον τετρακόσια τάλαντα τετελεσμένα laid out upon the dinner, Id.7.118; ἕνδεκα μυριάδας μεδίμνων τελεομένας ἐπ' ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ ib. 187, cf. Pl.Lg. 955e.3 since, in many Greek cities, the citizens were distributed into classes acc. to their taxable property, τ. εἴς τινας meant to belong to a class, to be reckoned among, τ. ἐς Ἕλληνας, ἐς Βοιωτούς, belong to the Greeks, the Boeotians, Hdt.2.51, 6.108; εἰς ἀστοὺς τ. become a citizen, S.OT 222; εἰς ἄνδρας τ. come to man's estate, Pl.Lg. 923e; εἰς γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρὸς τ. become a woman instead of a man, E.Ba. 822; ἕκαστος ἡμῶν ὑπό τινα τελεῖ δαίμονα ὃς πάσης ἡμῶν τῆς ζωῆς ἐπάρχει belongs.., Herm. in Phdr.p.93 A.4 from the last sense perh. may be expld. the phrase, κοῖός τις δοκέοι ἀνὴρ εἶναι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα τελέσαι to compare with his father, Hdt.3.34 ( τελέσαι om. cod. E, secl. Hude).III initiate in the mysteries, τινα Pl.Euthd. 277d; ; τυμπανίζειν καὶ τ. Plu.2.60a;τ. τῷ Διονύσῳ Milet.6.23
:—[voice] Pass., to have oneself initiated, Ar.Nu. 258;τετελεσμένος Pl.Phd. 69c
, Berl.Sitzb.1927.169 ([place name] Cyrene), etc.;ἐτέλεις, ἐγὼ δ' ἐτελούμην D.18.265
; Διονύσῳ τελεσθῆναι to be consecrated to Dionysus, initiated in his mysteries, Hdt.4.79; , cf. X.Smp.1.10: c. acc.,Βακχεῖ' ἐτελέσθη Ar.Ra. 357
(anap.);τελέους τελετὰς τελούμενος Pl.Phdr. 249c
, cf. 250b; alsoτ. μεγάλοισι τέλεσι Id.R. 560e
.b in Magic, endow a thing with potency, consecrate it, PMag.Par.1.1744, PMag.Lond.46.242, 121.590, Sch.Ar.Pl. 884.2 metaph., τελεσθῆναι στρατηγός to be formally appointed general, D. 13.19; τετελεσμένος σωφροσύνῃ a votary of temperance, X.Oec.21.12.3 also of sacred rites, perform, , cf. IT 464 (anap.);θυσίαν τοῖς θεοῖς D.S.4.34
, cf. Plu.Thes.16;ὄργια IG14.1183
([place name] Rome), Paus.4.14.1; γάμον, γάμους, Call.Ap.14, Lyc. 1387:— [voice] Pass., Pl.Lg. 775a.4 [voice] Pass., of women, to be married, GDI3721.5,9 ([place name] Cos). -
8 ἀφύη
A small fry of various fishes (cf. ἀφρός III), Epich.60,89, 124, Ar.Ach. 640, Hices. ap. Ath.7.285b; = μεμβράς, Hsch.; nickname of ἑταίρα, Ath. 13.586b: prov., ἀφύα πῦρ or εἶδε πῦρ ἀ. 'no sooner said than done', Zen.2.32, Eust.1150.40.—Not used in sg. by [dialect] Att., acc. to Hsch. s.v. ἀφύων τιμή. -
9 ἅμα
ἅμα: (1) adv., at once, at the same time; ἅμα πάντες, ἅμ' ἄμφω, Il. 7.255; freq. with τὲ.. καί (Il. 2.281), or with following δέ, ἅμα μῦθος ἔην, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον, ‘no sooner said than done,’ Il. 19.242.— (2) prep. w. dat., at the same time with, along with, ἅμ' ἠελίῳ καταδύντι, ἅμ ἕπεσθαι, ‘attend,’ ‘accompany,’ ἅμα πνοίῃς ἀνέμοιο, ‘swift as the winds,’ Od. 1.98, Il. 16.149.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἅμα
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10 πρίν
πρίν ( πρό): (1) adv., before, formerly, first; πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν, ‘sooner’ shall old age come upon her, Il. 1.29, Il. 24.551, Od. 3.117; freq. τὸ πρίν, πολὺ πρίν, Od. 2.167.— (2) conj., before, with some peculiarities of construction which may be learned from the grammars; the inf. is used more freely with πρίν in Homer than in other authors. Freq. doubled in correlation, πρὶν.. πρίν, Θ , Il. 1.97; so πάρος.. πρίν, πρόσθεν.. πρίν, πρίν γ' ὅτε, πρίν γ ἤ (priusquam), Il. 5.288. Without verb, πρὶν ὥρη, ‘before it is time,’ Od. 15.394.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > πρίν
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