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προτακτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προτακτέος προτακτέον

Structure: προτακτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prota/ssw의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must place in front
  2. one must prefer

Examples

  • ὥστε εἰ πρεσβίστη ἐστὶν ὑγίεια, καὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτῆσ τὸ ὑγιαίνειν προτακτέον τῶν ἄλλων ἀγαθῶν. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 15:2)
  • ἀλλὰ τὰ εἴδη γὰρ προτακτέον πρὸ τῶν γενῶν, οἱο͂ν ἐπὶ δόρυ μεταβαλοῦ ἢ ἐπ̓ ἀσπίδα. (Arrian, chapter 31 5:3)
  • ἆρα τοὺσ φιλοτιμοτάτουσ προτακτέον; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 11:6)
  • εἰ δὲ μή, τήν γ’ εὐγνωμοσύνην ἀεὶ προτακτέον τοῦ λόγου. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1704)

Synonyms

  1. one must place in front

  2. one must prefer

Similar forms

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

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