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προτρέπω fut. -τρέψω to urge forwards: Mid. to turn in headlong flight (cf. προτροπάδην) , προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν Il.; of the sun, ὅτʼ ἂν ἂψ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἀπʼ οὐρανόθεν προτράπηται Od.; metaph., ἄχεϊ προτραπέσθαι to give oneself up to grief, Il. to urge on, impel, Soph.;—c. acc. pers. et inf. to urge on, impel, persuade one to do a thing, Hdt., Attic; προτρ. τινὰ εἰς or ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν Plat.:—so in Mid., c. acc. pers. et inf., Aesch., etc.; τὰ κατὰ τὸν Τέλλον προετρέψατο ὁ Σόλων τὸν Κροῖσον Solon. roused Croesus to enquire about Tellus, Hdt.; προτρέψομαι I will exhort or urge thee, Soph.:—Pass. to be persuaded, Xen.

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to urge forwards

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Headword:

προτρέπω

Headword (normalized):

προτρέπω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

προτρεπω

IDX:

28485

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28518

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protre/pw

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