προφέρω fut. -οίσω aor1 -ήνεγκα aor2 -ήνεγκον —Epic 3rd sg. pres. subj. προφέρῃσι to bring before one, bring to, present, offer, Il., Thuc. of words, πρ. ὀνείδεά τινι to throw reproaches in his teeth, Il.: and so, πρ. τινί to throw in oneʼs teeth, bring forward, allege, Lat. objicere, μή μοι δῶρα πρόφερε Ἀφροδίτης Il. simply, to utter, αὐδάν, μῦθον Eur.; πρ. Αἴγιναν πάτραν to proclaim it as their country, Pind. to bring forward, cite, Thuc.; προφέρων Ἄρτεμιν pleading Artemis as authority, Aesch. of an oracle, to propose as a task, Hdt.:—Pass., προὐνεχθέντος τινί (gen. absol.) if it were commanded one to do so, Aesch. to bring forward, display, Il.; ἔριδα πρ. to shew, i. e. engage in, rivalry, Od.; πόλεμόν τινι πρ. to declare war against one, Hdt.:—Mid., ξεινοδόκῳ ἔριδα προφέρεσθαι to offer quarrel to oneʼs host, Od. to bear on or away, to carry off, sweep away, of a storm, Hom. to move forward, πόδα Eur.:—then, to promote, further, assist, ἠὼς προφέρει ὁδοῦ morning furthers one on the road, Hes.; πρ. εἴς τι to conduce, help towards gaining an object, Thuc. intr. to surpass, excel another, c. gen., Hdt., Thuc.