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πρόφρων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόφρων πρόφρονος

Structure: προφρων (Stem)

Etym.: frh/n

Sense

  1. with forward mind, zealous, willing, ready, glad
  2. earnest, zealous
  3. readily, earnestly, zealously

Declension

Third declension

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.

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ὅτ’ ἐκρίνοντο θεοὶ θνητοί τ’ ἄνθρωποι Μηκώνῃ, τότ’ ἔπειτα μέγαν βοῦν πρόφρονι θυμῷ δασσάμενοσ προέθηκε, Διὸσ νόον ἐξαπαφίσκων. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 48:14)
  • Παλαίχθονοσ τέκοσ, κλῦθί μου πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 11)
  • ἀλλὰ σύ γ’, εἰ δύνασαί τιν’ ἀμύντορα μερμηρίξαι, φράζευ, ὅ κέν τισ νῶϊν ἀμύνοι πρόφρονι θυμῷ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 16 28:19)
  • οὔ νύ τι θυμῷ πρόφρονι μυθέομαι, ἐθέλω δέ τοι ἤπιοσ εἶναι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 8 4:3)
  • οὔ νύ τι θυμῷ πρόφρονι μυθέομαι, ἐθέλω δέ τοι ἤπιοσ εἶναι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 22 15:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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