προτερέω
ε-contract Verb;
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
προτερέω
Structure:
προ
(Prefix)
+
ἐρέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to be before, be in advance, to be forward
- to be beforehand, take the lead
- to gain an advantage
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.
- ὥσπερ οὖν εἰ ζῴου προῃρούμεθα λαβεῖν εἴδη, πρῶτον ἂν ἀποδιωρίζομεν ἅπερ ἀναγκαῖον πᾶν ἔχειν ζῷον οἱο͂ν ἔνιά τε τῶν αἰσθητηρίων καὶ τὸ τῆσ τροφῆσ ἐργαστικὸν καὶ δεκτικόν, οἱο͂ν στόμα καὶ κοιλίαν, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ, οἷσ κινεῖται μορίοισ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 51:1)
- διεληλυθότεσ δὲ ὑπὲρ ὧν προῃρούμεθα, τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τῆσ γραφῆσ βεβαιοῦν ἐγχειρήσομεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 5 3:1)
- ἀλλ’ οὔτε προῃρούμεθα οὔτ’ ἦν δυνατὸν οὔθ’ οὕτω τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐσώσαμεν χαριζόμενοι καὶ ψυχαγωγοῦντεσ, ὥσπερ ὧν σὺ μέμνησαι τῶν κιθαρῳδῶν, ἀλλ’ ἐπεγείροντεσ, διδάσκοντεσ, αὐτοὶ παράδειγμα τοῖσ ἄλλοισ γιγνόμενοι τοῦ πῶσ δεῖ καρτερεῖν ἐν αὐτοῖσ τοῖσ δεινοῖσ καὶ ταῖσ ἀκμαῖσ τῶν κινδύνων, τὴν ἡμετέραν αὐτῶν, εἰ συγχωρεῖσ εἰπεῖν, ἀρετὴν ἐπιδεικνύμενοι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 78:2)
Synonyms
-
to be before
- πρόειμι (to go forward, go on, advance)
- προέρχομαι (to go forward, go on, advance)
- προπορεύομαι (to go before or forward)
- προπίπτω (to move forwards, advance before, to project)
- προβαίνω (to put forward, advance)
- προχωρέω (to go or come forward, advance, to go on)
- πρόειμι (to go first, go in advance, to go before or in advance of)
- προίημι (to send before, send on or forward, to send)
- προκινέω (to move forward, to urge on, to advance)
- προελαύνω (to ride on or forward, to ride before, was now far advanced)
- προβιβάζω (to push forward, advance, to exalt)
-
to be beforehand
-
to gain an advantage
Derived
- ἐξερέω (to inquire into, to inquire of, to search through)
- ἐρέω (to ask, enquire, about)
- κατερέω (to speak against, accuse, to denounce)
- προερέω (to say beforehand, be said by way of preface, to order)
- προσερέω (to speak to, address, accost)
- συνερέω (to speak with or together, advocate, support in a speech)