φθάνω
Non-contract Verb;
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
φθάνω
Structure:
φθάν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: fqanw always in attic; fqa_nw twice in Il.
Sense
- to come or do first or before
- to be beforehand with, overtake, outstrip, anticipate, to be overtaken
- to come first, the first comer, to come or arrive first
- in which one outstrips, is beforehand, was beforehand with, in, quicker, sooner, first, before, beforehand, first, first, am the first, before
- before, before
- escapes, first, is first
- no sooner, no sooner, when
- not be too quick, make haste and, quickly
- be too quick
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι τισ ἁπάσασ ἀναιρῶν τὰσ τοιαύτασ προστασίασ, καὶ οὔτε οἱ τοσαῦτα ἔθνη ἐπιτροπεύοντεσ οὔθ̓ οἱ τὰσ πόλεισ ἁρμόττοντεσ οὔθ̓ οἱ τὰσ φάλαγγασ ἢ στρατόπεδα ὅλα ἐγχειριζόμενοι ὀρθῶσ ποιήσουσιν, ἐπεὶ καὶ μισθὸσ αὐτῶν τῷ ἔργῳ πρόσεστιν. (Lucian, Apologia 27:2)
- ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα εἴ τισ αὐτῇ ἀνατιθείη, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι κἀμὲ μάντιν λέγων· (Lucian, 13:3)
- καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πᾶσα ἄν σοι ἡ πόλισ ἡ Ἀθηναίων οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι χάριν ὁμολογοῦσα· (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 17:4)
- ὥστε εἴ τισ ἀξιοίη λόγῳ διδαχθῆναι ταύτην τὴν δύναμιν, ἥ τίσ ποτ’ ἐστίν, οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι καὶ ἄλλων πολλῶν καὶ καλῶν πραγμάτων δυσεκλαλήτων ἀπαιτῶν λόγον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 111)
- εἰ δὲ δὴ κατακτενεῖτ’ ἐμέ, ὁ νόμοσ ἀνεῖται, κοὐ φθάνοι θνῄσκων τισ ἄν· (Euripides, episode 7:7)
Synonyms
-
to come or do first or before
-
to be beforehand with
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to come first
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before
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escapes
-
not be too quick
- ἀνύω (to do quickly, make haste, make haste)
