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.
- ὑπὸ δὲ σπουδῆσ οἱ μὲν οὐκ ἔφθανον ἐπὶ τοὺσ σταθμούσ, ἀλλ’ ἐν μέσαισ ἀνεπαύοντο ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ, οἱ δὲ παρὰ ταῖσ πύλαισ μετὰ παίδων ἑαυτοὺσ ἐρρίπτουν καὶ μετὰ γυναικῶν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 17:5)
- μετατάξασθαι γὰρ ἑτέρωσ οὐκ ἔφθανον. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 6 8:5)
- οἱ δ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν ἐξαίφνησ ὑπὸ τῆσ φλογὸσ περισχεθέντεσ πολλοὶ μὲν ἐν αὐτῇ διεφθάρησαν, πολλοὶ δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων πηδῶντεσ εἰσ αὐτούσ, τινὲσ δ’ εἰσ τοὐπίσω κατὰ τοῦ τείχουσ ἐκρημνίζοντο, ἔνιοι δ’ ὑπ’ ἀμηχανίασ τοῖσ ἰδίοισ ξίφεσιν τὸ πῦρ ἔφθανον· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 65:2)
- τινὲσ δὲ ὡσ κουφοτέρῳ τὴν θάλατταν ἔφθανον τῷ σιδήρῳ σφᾶσ αὐτοὺσ ἀναιροῦντεσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 507:2)
- ταῖσ τε γὰρ χερμάσιν οὐδὲν δρῶντεσ ὅτι μὴ κτύπον ἐπάλληλον, εἰσ γὰρ πεφραγμένουσ ἔβαλλον, ἐφικτοὶ τοῖσ Ῥωμαίων ἐγίνοντο βέλεσιν, καὶ πλησιάζειν τολμῶντεσ πρὶν δρᾶσαί τι παθεῖν ἔφθανον καὶ σὺν αὐτοῖσ ἐβαπτίζοντο τοῖσ σκάφεσιν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 622:2)
Synonyms
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to come or do first or before
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to be beforehand with
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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)
