Προφερεῖς

precocious

Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 16 words

Men who are young but seem older. Aeschines in the [speech] Against Timarchos [uses the word].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προφερεῖς· οἱ νέοι μὲν ὄντες, πρεσβύτεροι δὲ φαινόμενοι. Αἰσχίνης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Τιμάρχου.

Betacode

*proferei=s: oi( ne/oi me\n o)/ntes, presbu/teroi de\ faino/menoi. *ai)sxi/nhs e)n tw=| kata\ *tima/rxou.

Notes (1)

= Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. For the superlative of proferh/s, see pi 2919.
1Aeschines 1.49 (web address 1). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π2919Προφερέστατονmost excellent, very excellent[Meaning something] better.

Neighbouring entries

π2918Πρόφερεbring forward, reproach, further π2919Προφερέστατονmost excellent, very excellent π2920Προφερεῖςprecocious π2921ΠροφέρωI allege, I cite, I proffer, I propose π2922ΠροφητεύωI prophesy

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12 Oct 2013expanded note — Catharine Roth
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18 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead