προφύομαι
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
Pass., with aor. 2 and pf. Act.,
A to be born before, ὃς προὔφυ πατήρ S.Aj.1291; προπεφυκυῖα φλεγμονή previously existing, Gal.18(2).642.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προφύομαι: παθ., μετ’ ἀορ. β΄ ἐνεργ., φύομαι, γεννῶμαι πρότερον, ὃς προὔφει πατὴρ Σοφ. Αἴ. 1291.
Greek Monolingual
Α φύομαι
1. γεννιέμαι πριν από κάποιον άλλο («ὅς προύφυ πατήρ», Σοφ.)
2. εμφανίζομαι προηγουμένως («προπεφυκυῑα φλεγμονή», Γαλ.).
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
προ-φύομαι eerder geboren worden.
