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προεπηγγείλατο -> foreannounced, announced before, promised beforehand

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Προθέσεις (εἰς, ἐν, ἐκ, ὑπό)

Started by Elias71

προϊόντος τοῦ λόγου -> in the course of speech, in the course of one's speech, in the course of my speech

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προπάροιθε -> before, in front of

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πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν -> kick against the pricks, kick against the goads, kick against the goad, offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance, offer vain and ruinous resistance, resist in vain

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πρὸς Κρῆτα κρητίζειν -> outlie, outcheat, outswindle

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πρὸς τῶν ἀθανάτων μὴ φιλεῖτε τοὺς γε δέκα οἳ δῶρ' ἐδίδοσαν τοῖς ἐν τέλει εἰσάξοντες εἰς τὴν γῆν τοὺς πολεμίους. ἀλλὰ τιμήσατε δὴ Δημοσθένη ἅτε τὴν πόλιν σώσαντα.

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πρὸς υἱὸν ὀργὴν οὐκ ἔχει χρηστὸς πατήρ -> The good father does not hold anger towards his son (Chaeremon, fragment 35)

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προσελθόντος τοῦ Εὐριπίδου, ἐτύγαχανόν που αἱ παῖδες αἱ εὑγενεῖς τῇ θεῷ χορεύουσαι.

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προσεφέρθη -> offered himself

Started by Nona35

Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. -> Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.

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πρόσφθεγμα -> address, salutation, epithet

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προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσίν λύκοι ἅρπαγες -> beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves

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προτεραῖος -> previous, former

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πρότερον χελώνη παραδραμεῖται δασύποδα –> ere that, the tortoise shall outrun the hare | sooner will a tortoise outrun a rough-foot | sooner will a tortoise outrun a hare

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προφάσεις ἐν ἁμαρτίαις -> wicked works, pretexts for sin

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πρόφθεγμα -> prophecy, foretelling, a speaking before

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πρόφθεγξις -> a speaking before

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πρῶτον κινοῦν ἀκίνητον -> first unmoved mover, first unmoved, first cause

Started by spiros

πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὄστρεια παρὰ Νηρεῖ τινι ἰδὼν γέροντι φυκί ἠμφιεσμένα ἔλαβον ἐχίνους τ' ἐστὶ γὰρ προοίμιον δείπνου χαριέντως ταῦτα πεπρυτανευμένου –> So first I spotted oysters wrapped in seaweed at the shop of some old Nereus, and sea urchins, which I bought; these were the appetizers for a delightfully managed dinner

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