προφερής
προφερής,
ές,(
προφέρω) poet. Adj.,
A). carried before, placed before, excelling, c. gen.,
ἀλλάων προφερής τ’ ἦν πρεσβυτάτη τε Hes. Sc. 260 :
Hom. only Comp. (exc. Sup.,
ἅλματι .. πάντων προφερέστατος Od. 8.128 ),
more excellent,
τῶν δ’ ἄλλων ἐμέ φημι πολὺ προφερέστερον εἶναι Od. 8.221 : c. dat. rei,
βίῃ προφερέστερος 21.134 : c. inf.,[
ἡμίονοι] βοῶν προφερέστεραί εἰσιν ἑλκέμεναι Il. 10.352 : Sup.,
προφερεστάτη ἐστὶν ἁπασέων Hes. Th. 79 ,
361 (where it is commonly interpreted
eldest);
ἀνὴρ προφερέστατος ἀνδρῶν IG 14.935 , cf.
Theoc. 17.4 ;
ἡνιόχων π.
IG 14.1628 , cf.
Epigr.Gr. 435 (Trachonitis); also Comp. and Sup.,
προφέρτερος, προφέρτατος in the sense of
older, eldest,
S. Fr. 447 ,
OC 1531 .
ShortDef
carried before, placed before, excelling
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Headword (normalized):
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
προφερης
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">προφερής</span>, <span class="itype greek">ές</span>,(<span class="etym greek">προφέρω</span>) poet. Adj., <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">carried before, placed before, excelling</span>, c. gen., <span class="quote greek">ἀλλάων προφερής τ’ ἦν πρεσβυτάτη τε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:260" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:260/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 260 </a> : <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only Comp. (exc. Sup., <span class="quote greek">ἅλματι .. πάντων προφερέστατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.128 </a> ), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more excellent</span>, <span class="quote greek">τῶν δ’ ἄλλων ἐμέ φημι πολὺ προφερέστερον εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:221" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.221/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.221 </a> : c. dat. rei, <span class="quote greek">βίῃ προφερέστερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.134/canonical-url/"> 21.134 </a> : c. inf.,[ <span class="quote greek">ἡμίονοι] βοῶν προφερέστεραί εἰσιν ἑλκέμεναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:352" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.352/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.352 </a> : Sup., <span class="quote greek">προφερεστάτη ἐστὶν ἁπασέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 79 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:361/canonical-url/"> 361 </a> (where it is commonly interpreted <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eldest</span>); <span class="quote greek">ἀνὴρ προφερέστατος ἀνδρῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.935 </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 17.4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡνιόχων π</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1628 </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 435 </span> (Trachonitis); also Comp. and Sup., <span class="foreign greek">προφέρτερος, προφέρτατος</span> in the sense of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">older, eldest</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:447" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:447/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 447 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1531" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1531/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1531 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">looking older than one is, well-grown</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:271b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:271b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 271b </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.49 </a>; of plants and young persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forced, premature, precocious</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὰ π</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristox.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 4.37.4 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg001:31:209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg001:31.209/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VP</span> 31.209 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}