φθῆ

From LSJ

ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners

Source

English (Autenrieth)

see φθάνω.

Greek Monotonic

φθῆ: Επικ. αντί ἔφθη, γʹ ενικ. αορ. βʹ του φθάνω.