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.
- Μίκυλλε δέσποτα, ᾤμην τι χαριεῖσθαί σοι φθάνων τῆσ νυκτὸσ ὁπόσον δυναίμην, ὡσ ἔχοισ ὀρθρευόμενοσ προανύειν τὰ πολλὰ τῶν ἔργων εἰ ^ γοῦν πρὶν ἀνατεῖλαι ἥλιον μίαν κρηπῖδα ἐξεργάσαιο, πρὸ ὁδοῦ ἔσῃ τοῦτο ἐσ τὰ ἄλφιτα πεπονηκώσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 1:5)
- εἰσ Κωνσταντῖνον ἡνίοχον Λευκῶν λευκοῦ μεθέλκων ἡνίασ Κωνσταντίνοσ, ἂν μὴ καθεῖρκτο στερρότητι τοῦ δόμου, τοὺσ τρεῖσ ἐνίκα, πρῶτοσ αἰθέρα φθάνων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3841)
- τοὺσ γὰρ συμμάχουσ ἀεὶ πλέον ἔχειν αὐτῶν ἐμηχανᾶτο, ἐξαπατῶν μὲν ὅπου καιρὸσ εἰή, φθάνων δὲ ὅπου τάχουσ δέοι, λήθων δὲ ὅπου τοῦτο συμφέροι, πάντα δὲ τἀναντία πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ἢ πρὸσ τοὺσ φίλουσ ἐπιτηδεύων. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 7:2)
- οὐ μὴν οὔτε τὸν διάπλουν ἐφύλαξεν ὑπὸ θεοβλαβείασ, ἀλλ’ ἐσ τὸ μεσόγειον ἠπείχθη ἐπανελθεῖν, φθάνων τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, οὐδέ τινα φυλακὴν ἐν τῷ διάπλῳ κατέλιπεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 6 1:7)
- Ὅπερ ἐπιβάλλει τῇ πόλει, τοῦτο εἴσφερε φθάνων· (Epictetus, Works, gnomologium epicteteum e( stobaei libris 3-4) 66:1)
Synonyms
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to come or do first or before
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to be beforehand with
-
to come first
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before
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escapes
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not be too quick
- ἀνύω (to do quickly, make haste, make haste)
