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Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

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|strgr=from [[πρός]] and [[μένω]]; to [[stay]] [[further]], i.e. [[remain]] in a [[place]], [[with]] a [[person]]; [[figuratively]], to adhere to, [[persevere]] in: [[abide]] [[still]], be [[with]], [[cleave]] [[unto]], [[continue]] in ([[with]]).
|strgr=from [[πρός]] and [[μένω]]; to [[stay]] [[further]], i.e. [[remain]] in a [[place]], [[with]] a [[person]]; [[figuratively]], to adhere to, [[persevere]] in: [[abide]] [[still]], be [[with]], [[cleave]] [[unto]], [[continue]] in ([[with]]).
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|txtha=1st aorist participle προσμείνας, infinitive προσμεῖναι; from [[Aeschylus]] and [[Herodotus]] [[down]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> to [[remain]] [[with]] ([[see]] [[πρός]], IV:3): [[with]] a dative of the [[person]] to [[continue]] [[with]] [[one]], L WH marginal [[reading]] [[omit]]; Tr brackets the dative); τῷ κυρίῳ, to be [[steadfastly]] [[devoted]] to (A. V. [[cleave]] [[unto]]) the Lord, Josephus, Antiquities 14,2, 1); τῇ χάριτι [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ, to [[hold]] [[fast]] to (A. V. [[continue]] in) the [[grace]] of God [[received]] in the gospel, G L T Tr WH; δεήσεσι καί προσευχαῖς (A. V. to [[continue]] in supplications and prayers), to [[remain]] [[still]] (cf. [[πρός]], IV:2), [[stay]], [[tarry]]: ἐν [[with]] a dative of [[place]], 1 Timothy 1:3.
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Transliteration A: prosménō Transliteration B: prosmenō Transliteration C: prosmeno Beta Code: prosme/nw

English (LSJ)

Dor. ποτι- SIG615.7 (Delph., ii B.C.):—

   A bide, wait, χρόνον πολλόν Hdt.1.199, cf. 5.19; σῖγ' ἔχουσα πρόσμενε S.El.1236, cf. 1399; ἡσυχάζων π. Id.OT620; π. χρόνον ὀλίγον ἔστ' ἂν... π. ἕως . ., Hdt.8.4, X.HG2.4.7.    2 c. dat., remain attached to, cleave to, πάθεα π. τοκεῦσιν A.Eu.497 (lyr.); τῷ Κυρίῳ Act.Ap.11.23; π. ταῖς δεήσεσιν continue in . ., 1 Ep.Ti.5.5; ταῖς ἑαυτῶν ἀγωγαῖς Gal.15.436.    II trans., wait for, await, c. acc., Thgn.1144, S.OT837, El.164(lyr.), etc.; face in battle, stand one's ground against, δορίκτυπον ἀλαλάν Pi.N.3.60: c. acc. et inf. fut., Ὀρέστην τῶνδε προσμένουσ' ἀεὶ παυστῆρ' ἐφήξειν S.El.303.

German (Pape)

[Seite 772] (s. μένω), 1) dabei bleiben, verweilen, ausharren; σῖγα πρόσμενε, Soph. El. 1391; O. R. 620; Her. 8, 4; c. dat., bevorstehen, πάθεα προσμένει τοκεῦσιν, Aesch. Eum. 474. – 2) trans. erwarten, c. acc., Theogn. 1140; ἀλαλὰν Λυκίων, abwarten, ohne zu fliehen, im Kampfe bestehen, Pind. N. 3, 60; τὸν βοτῆρα προσμεῖναι, Soph. O. R. 837; Trach. 522 El. 160; προσμένουσα τὴν τύχην, Eur. Med. 1116; Xen. auch mit folgdm ἕως, Hell. 2, 4, 7.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

προσμένω: ἀναμένω, περιμένω ἔτι μᾶλλον, προσμένω, Ἡρόδ. 1. 199., 5. 19· σῖγ’ ἔχουσα πρόσμενε Σοφ. Ἠλ. 1236, πρβλ. 1399 ἡσυχάζων προσμένω ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ο. Τ. 620· πρ. ἔστ’ ἄν…, ἕως., Ἡρόδ. 8. 4, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 2. 4, 7 2) μετὰ δοτ., παραμένω, πάθεα προσμένει τοκεῦσιν Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 497, πρβλ. Πράξ. Ἀποστ. ιαϳ, 23· πρ. ταῖς δεήσεσιν, ἐπιμένω, ἐξακολουθῶ δεόμενος, ..., Αϳ Ἐπιστ. πρ. Τιμ. εϳ, 5. ΙΙ. μεταβ., περιμένω, ἀναμένω, μετ’ αἰτ., Θέογν. 1140, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 837, Ἠλ. 164, κτλ. ― περιμένω τινὰ πρὸς μάχην, δηλ. ὅπως ἀντικρούσω αὐτόν, Πινδ. Ν. 3. 105· ― ὡσαύτως μετ’ αἰτ. καὶ ἀπαρ. μέλλ., Ὀρέστην τῶνδε προσμενοῦσ’ ἀεὶ παυστῆρ’ ἐφήξειν Σοφ. Ἠλ. 303.

French (Bailly abrégé)

f. προσμενῶ, ao. προσέμεινα, etc.
I. intr. 1 rester auprès, demeurer;
2 avec un suj. de chose attendre ; être réservé à, τινι;
II. tr. attendre en gén., acc. ; προσμένειν ἔστ’ ἄν, ἕως attendre que.
Étymologie: πρός, μένω.

English (Slater)

προσμένω
   1 withstand c. acc. ὄφρα ἀλαλὰν Λυκίων τε προσμένοι καὶ Φρυγῶν (sc. Ἀχιλλεύς) (N. 3.60)

English (Strong)

from πρός and μένω; to stay further, i.e. remain in a place, with a person; figuratively, to adhere to, persevere in: abide still, be with, cleave unto, continue in (with).

English (Thayer)

1st aorist participle προσμείνας, infinitive προσμεῖναι; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
a. to remain with (see πρός, IV:3): with a dative of the person to continue with one, L WH marginal reading omit; Tr brackets the dative); τῷ κυρίῳ, to be steadfastly devoted to (A. V. cleave unto) the Lord, Josephus, Antiquities 14,2, 1); τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Θεοῦ, to hold fast to (A. V. continue in) the grace of God received in the gospel, G L T Tr WH; δεήσεσι καί προσευχαῖς (A. V. to continue in supplications and prayers), to remain still (cf. πρός, IV:2), stay, tarry: ἐν with a dative of place, 1 Timothy 1:3.