Προέσθαι

to send ahead, to give up

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Jun 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 33 words

[Meaning] to honor in preference.¹ [Used] with an accusative.² "For none of those things which provide common benefit is to be given up in preference to me or to any other good man."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προέσθαι· προτιμήσασθαι. αἰτιατικῇ. οὔτε γὰρ πρὸ ἐμοῦ οὔτε πρὸ ἄλλου ἀνδρὸς ἀγαθοῦ οὐδέ ἐστι προέσθαι τι τῶν κοινῇ συμφερόντων.

Betacode

*proe/sqai: protimh/sasqai. ai)tiatikh=|. ou)/te ga\r pro\ e)mou= ou)/te pro\ a)/llou a)ndro\s a)gaqou= ou)de/ e)sti proe/sqai ti tw=n koinh=| sumfero/ntwn.

Notes (3)

Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss FV, and placed after pi 2392 in ms A.
1The headword is aorist middle infinitive of proi+/hmi (cf. pi 2394) The gloss here seems to fit poorly. ↩
2Likewise in syntactical lexica. ↩
3More fully in Bekker, Anecdota Graeca (de syntacticis) 165.26, identifying the source of the quotation as 'Dio in the eleventh book'. In modern editions of Cassius Dio's Roman Histories this is book 12 (sic) section 43 subsection 31. ↩

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π2394Προέσθαιto send out[Meaning] to hand over. "But Marcus Porcius was about to be slain, having taken the sword and having been captured by the enemy, judging it better to give up his life rather than his weapon, and after receiving many…

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π2393Πρόεςcast forth π2394Προέσθαιto send out π2395Προέσθαιto send ahead, to give up π2396ΠροεστέρνισαI clasped to my breast π2397Προετικόςemitting easily, lavish

Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Dec 2014

7 Dec 2014coding — Catharine Roth
15 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
3 Jun 2013expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Jun 2013Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (3)

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