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προβαίνω
προβαίνω fut. -βήσομαι perf. -βέβηκα Attic aor.2 προὔβην Epic part. προβιβάς to step on, step forward, advance, Hom., etc.:—as a mark of Time, ἄστρα προβέβηκε they are far gone in heaven, i. e. it is past midnight, Il.; ἡ νὺξ προβαίνει the night is wearing fast, Xen.; then of Time itself, τοῦ χρόνου προβαίνοντος as time went on, Hdt.; so, προβαίνοντος τοῦ ἔργου, τοῦ πολέμου Hdt.; and of persons, τοὺς προβεβηκότας τῇ ἡλικίᾳ advanced in age, Lys., etc. metaph. of narrative, argument, events, προβήσομαι ἐς τὸ πρόσω τοῦ λόγου Hdt.; πρ. ἐπʼ ἔσχατον θράσους Soph.; τὸ τῆς τύχης ἀφανὲς οἷ προβήσεται Eur.; πρ. πόρρω μοχθηρίας to be far gone in knavery, Xen.; πρ. εἰς τοῦτο ἔχθρας Dem. to advance, proceed, προέβαινε τὸ ἔθνος ἄρχον the nation kept making advances in dominion, kept extending its sway, Hdt.; μὴ προβαίη μεῖζον ἢ τὸ νῦν κακόν lest it creep on, increase, Eur. to go before, i. e. to be before or superior to another, c. gen., προβέβηκας ἁπάντων Il.; Τρηχῖνος προβέβηκε he was set over, i. e. ruled, Trachis, Hes. c. acc. rei, to overstep, τέρμα προβάς (for ὑπερβάς) Pind. in Poets, πόδα πρ. to advance the foot, Theogn.; τὸν πόδα Ar.; προβὰς κῶλον, ἀρβύλαν προβάς Eur.; v. βαίνω A. II. 3. Causal, in fut. act., to put forward, advance, τίς τρόπος ἄνδρα προβάσει [ᾱ]; Pind.

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to step on, step forward, advance

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προβαίνω
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προβαίνω
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προβαίνω fut. -βήσομαι perf. -βέβηκα Attic aor.2 προὔβην Epic part. προβιβάς to step on, step forward, advance, Hom., etc.:—as a mark of Time, ἄστρα προβέβηκε they are far gone in heaven, i. e. it is past midnight, Il.; ἡ νὺξ προβαίνει the night is wearing fast, Xen.; then of Time itself, τοῦ χρόνου προβαίνοντος as time went on, Hdt.; so, προβαίνοντος τοῦ ἔργου, τοῦ πολέμου Hdt.; and of persons, τοὺς προβεβηκότας τῇ ἡλικίᾳ advanced in age, Lys., etc. metaph. of narrative, argument, events, προβήσομαι ἐς τὸ πρόσω τοῦ λόγου Hdt.; πρ. ἐπʼ ἔσχατον θράσους Soph.; τὸ τῆς τύχης ἀφανὲς οἷ προβήσεται Eur.; πρ. πόρρω μοχθηρίας to be far gone in knavery, Xen.; πρ. εἰς τοῦτο ἔχθρας Dem. to advance, proceed, προέβαινε τὸ ἔθνος ἄρχον the nation kept making advances in dominion, kept extending its sway, Hdt.; μὴ προβαίη μεῖζον ἢ τὸ νῦν κακόν lest it creep on, increase, Eur. to go before, i. e. to be before or superior to another, c. gen., προβέβηκας ἁπάντων Il.; Τρηχῖνος προβέβηκε he was set over, i. e. ruled, Trachis, Hes. c. acc. rei, to overstep, τέρμα προβάς (for ὑπερβάς) Pind. in Poets, πόδα πρ. to advance the foot, Theogn.; τὸν πόδα Ar.; προβὰς κῶλον, ἀρβύλαν προβάς Eur.; v. βαίνω A. II. 3. Causal, in fut. act., to put forward, advance, τίς τρόπος ἄνδρα προβάσει [ᾱ]; Pind.
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27357
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n27389
Key:
probai/nw

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