προθέω
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
(A),
A run before, Il.10.362; πολὺ προθέεσκε he was far ahead, 22.459, Od.11.515; opp. ἀπολείπομαι, Pl.Cra.412a: c. gen., outrun, Ael.NA7.26, Jul.Caes.315b; βέλη π. τῆς ὄψεως Plu.Crass.18. 2 run forward or forth, X.An.5.8.13, A.R.1.314, J.BJ3.10.1. II c. acc., outrun, outstrip, X.Cyn.3.7.
προθέω (B), 3pl. προθέουσιν, sts. taken as a form of προτίθημι, found once in Hom., τοὔνεκά οἱ προθέουσιν ὀνείδεα μυθήσασθαι;
A do they therefore appoint for him revilings to utter? Il.1.291 (but expld. fr. προθέω (A) by Aristarch., with ὀνείδεα as subj.; perh., do his insults dash forward for utterance?).
German (Pape)
[Seite 723] alte Stammform von προτίθημι, von der Il. 1, 291 προθέουσι = προτιθέασι vorkommt, τοὔνεκά οἱ προθέουσιν ὀνείδεα μνθήσασθαι; stellen sie ihm frei, Schmähworte auszustoßen? Scholl. Aristonic. ὅτι συνήθως ἑαυτῷ προθέουσι τὰ ὀνείδη; also Aristarch nahm ὀνείδη als Subject, sah also in προθέουσι das Verbum προθέω »vorlaufen«, laufen ihm die Schmähworte zum Aussprechen hervor, so daß er sie aussprechen muß? (s. θέω), vorlaufen, Xen. An. 5, 8, 13; voranlaufen, ὁ δέ τε προθέῃσι, Il. 10, 362; πολὺ προθέεσκε, 22, 459, er blieb im Laufe weit voran, wie Od. 11, 515; Ggstz von ἀπολείπεσθαι, Plat. Crat. 412 a u. Sp., wie Luc. Gall. 12; τινός, Plut. Crass. 18; τί, Opp. H. 4, 431.
