Φθῆναι
to outstrip
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Nov 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φθῆναι· προλαβεῖν. Ἰώσηπος· δυσφοροῦντος δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπὶ τῷ φθῆναι τὸν μισθὸν ἐκδεδωκέναι τοῖς Ἰσραηλίταις, παρῄνει ποιεῖν ὁ προφήτης ὅ τι τῷ θεῷ δοκεῖ.
Betacode
*fqh=nai: prolabei=n. *)iw/shpos: dusforou=ntos de\ tou= basile/ws e)pi\ tw=| fqh=nai to\n misqo\n e)kdedwke/nai toi=s *)israhli/tais, parh/|nei poiei=n o( profh/ths o(/ ti tw=| qew=| dokei=.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword is aorist active infinitive of
fqa/nw (for which verb see also phi 475, phi 476, phi 479, phi 480, phi 486, phi 488). It is probably not extracted from the quotation given here, which the other lexica do not have; see rather Thucydides 3.89.2 and 8.92.1, with scholia to both. ↩ - 2Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 9.190 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- φ475Φθάνειanticipates, steals a march on[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] gets ahead of.
- φ478Φθάσειεmight outstrip[Meaning he/she/it] might do before [someone else]. "You you know that some who have stripped themselves in the tax offices or been altogether persuaded in the noontime of their lives by some single misfortune are…
- φ480Φθαίη σεmight anticipate you, might beat you[Meaning] someone might get into [the] assembly before you. Also [attested is the form] fqai/hsi.
- φ488Φθήσεταιwill outstrip[Meaning he/she/it] will overtake.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Mar 2023
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- modified n.1 — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth