Φθήσεται
will outstrip
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Nov 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] will overtake.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φθήσεται· καταλήψεται.
Betacode
*fqh/setai: katalh/yetai.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius phi144 Theodoridis. The headword is future (middle) of
fqa/nw , third person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Josephus and Marcus Aurelius.
For this verb see also phi 475, phi 476, phi 478, phi 479, phi 480, phi 486, phi 487.
Linked from4 entries
- 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.
- φ486Φθήμενοςoutstripping[Meaning one who is] anticipating, overtaking.
- φ487Φθῆναιto outstrip[Meaning] to anticipate. Josephus [writes]: "as the king was vexed at having already given out their pay to the Israelites, the prophet advised him to do whatever God approved."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 12 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics; more ketywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth