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Epic dialect and Ionic dialect imperfect προφέρεσκον, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.275, “IG” 14.1747.6 (from Rome): ] Refs 4th c.AD+]future προοίσω: aorist 1 προήνεγκα: aorist 2 προήνεγκον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Hom.only present; 3rd.pers. singular present subjunctive προφέρῃσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.323 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—bring before or to one, present, ὡς ὄρνις.. νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place]; νέκυν Ἀχιλλῆϊ 17.121; μάντεις σφάγια προὔφερον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.69; προενέγκας τὴν ἐπιστολήν “BGU” 1141.11 (1st c.BC),compare “PTeb.” 291.43 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 of words, σφιν ὀνείδεα π. cast reproaches in their teeth, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.251 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινί throw in one's teeth, bring forward, allege, especially in the way of reproach or objection, μή μοι δῶρ᾽ ἐρατὰ πρόφερε χρυσέης Ἀφροδίτης [[ 3.64, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.3, 8.61, 125, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.100; π. τοὔνομα τοῦθ᾽ ὡς ὄνειδος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.190; δικαιώσεις ἀλλήλοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, reproach (followed by words quoted), [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also in middle, τὴν ἐν Δωδώνῃ ἀσέβειαν [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.11.2; εἶναι βασιλικὴν γῆν “PTeb.” 81.17 (2nd c.BC),compare “PAmh.” 2.30.7 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 utter, μῦθον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 189 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ζῷα ἀνθρωπίνας π. φωνάς [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.73, compare 15, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.218c. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3.b π. Αἴγιναν πάτραν proclaim it as their country, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εἰς μέσον or εἰς τὸ μ. publish, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 812c, 936a:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, ὁπόσσω κα προφέρηται for whatever sum [the priest] lays down, [[ Berl.Sitzb. 1927.169 (from Cyrene). ] Refs]
__4 bring forward, cite, μὴ π. τὴν τότε γενομένην ξυνωμοσίαν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64, compare 5.26 (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 259d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προφέρων Ἄρτεμιν putting forward her authority, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 201 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τὰς ἐπονειδίστους τῶν ἡδονῶν citing by way of example, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1173b21, compare “Pol.” 1288a20 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—also in middle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 57a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 14.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναμνήσεως χάριν π. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.66.10 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; αὐτοῦ -ομένου τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα γεγενημένην ἀσθένειαν pleading.., [[ “OGI” 244.10 (Daphne, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; cite, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 21 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; recite, ποιήματα [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.109, compare 16.92; ἀριθμοὺς τῶν ἀρχαίων ποιητᾶν “SIG” 703.7, compare 660.3 (Delph., 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__5 of an oracle, propose as a task, τοῖσι Θηραίοισι προέφερε ἡ Πυθίη τὴν ἐς Λιβύην ἀποικίην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.151; ἡ Πυθίη προφέρει σφι, τὰς Ἀθήνας ἐλευθεροῦν [prev. author] 5.63:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, δόμοισι προὐνεχθέντος ἐν χρηστηρίοις (genitive absolutely) it having been commanded to do so, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 964. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II bring forward, display, π. κρατερὸν μένος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.479; σπουδήν LXX “Si.Prol.” 22 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]; ἔριδα π. show, i.e. engage in, rivalry, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.92; ἀντιώσεσθαι πόλεμον προφέρων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.γ:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, ξεινοδόκῳ ἔριδα προφέρεσθαι challenge one's host to rivalry, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.210, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.7. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 bring out, ἐντεῦθεν ὥσπερ ἐκ ταμιείου π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤνοιξα τὸν τόπον τῶν οἰναρίων καὶ προενήνεχα (sic) οἴνου κεράμια νά [[ “POxy.” 1288.12 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἠξίωσαν προενεχθῆναι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου that he should be produced.., [[ “BGU” 1024 vii 4 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III carry off, sweep away, of a storm, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.346, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.64 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of death, π. σώματα τέκνων [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1111 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV put or move forward, πόδα [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1332 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; carry forward, pass on, σκυταλίδα [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 22.27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, promote, further, ἠώς τοι προφέρει μὲν ὁδοῦ, π. δὲ καὶ ἔργου furthers one on the road and in the work, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 579: without _genitive_, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.344 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μέγα π. εἴς τι conduce, help to wards gaining an object, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεγάλη τύχη πρὸς πάντα π. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 78.38 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, move forward, προενεχθέντος τοῦ σώματος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 711a29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2 intransitive, surpass, excel another, δόξας ἔργα πολὺ προφέρει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 161, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 12.5:] Refs 4th c.BC+] with dative _of things_, εἴρια καλλονῇ τε προφέροντα καὶ ἀρετῇ τῶν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀΐων (tree) wool surpassing sheep's wool in beauty and goodness, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.106; πλούτῳ καὶ εἴδεϊ προφέρων Ἀθηναίων [prev. author] 6.127 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ Νάξος εὐδαιμονίῃ τῶν νήσων π. [[ [prev. author] 5.28; π. εἰς εὐτυχίαν τινῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1092 (_anapaest meter_): _absolutely_, ἐν πάντα νόμον εὐθύγλωσσος ἀνὴρ π. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλούτῳ καὶ ἐξουσία, εὐψυχία, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.123, 2.89, compare 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.275; ἔν τινι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 77.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V bring forth children, [[ “IG” 14.1747.6 (from Rome). ] Refs]
__VI carry before, λύχνον τινί [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.31 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, τὸ ῥόπαλον προεφέρετο αὐτοῦ [[ [prev. author] 72.17. ] Refs]
