προφθάνω [ᾰ],
outrun, anticipate, with accusative, προφθάσασα καρδία γλῶσσαν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1028 (Lyric poetry); ἐγὼ.. σε προφθάσας λέγω.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 500a, compare “PCair.Zen.” 520.2 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, προὔφθης με παρακύψασα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 884, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.73, LXX.1Ki.20.25, +others: with _genitive_, προέφθασα τοῦ φυγεῖνLXX.Jonah.4.2, cf. LXX.1Mac.10.4. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__2 absolutely, to be beforehand, στόματι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1385, Theo Sm. p.160H. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist middle, προφθάμενος [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.913. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]