προσφερής

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Transliteration A: prospherḗs Transliteration B: prospherēs Transliteration C: prosferis Beta Code: prosferh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (προσφέρω)

   A similar, like, c. dat., Hdt.2.105, 4.33, A. Ag.1218, Ch.176, E.Hel.591, Ar.Ec.67, Th.1.49, etc.; προσφερέστατοι [τῇ θεῷ] ἄνδρες Pl.Ti.24d; τὸ σῶμα προσφερὴς τῇ φυχῇ Id.R.494b, cf. Phlb.51d; βίος οἴνῳ π. Antiph.240; προσφερέστερον δέμας E.Hel.559: rarely c. gen., πατρὸς προσφερεῖς ὀμμάτων αὐγαι Id.HF131 (lyr.). Adv. -ρῶς, c. dat., Placit.4.4.4, etc.    II = πρόσφορος, conducive, useful, τινι Hdt.5.111 (v.l. προφερέστερον).

German (Pape)

[Seite 785] ές, hinzu, nahe gebracht, nahe kommend, ähnlich; ὀνείρων προσφερεῖς μορφώμασιν, Aesch. Ag. 1191; αὐτοῖσιν ἡμῖν κάρτα προσφερὴς ἰδεῖν, Ch. 174; νυκτὶ προσφερεῖς κόρας, Eur. Or. 408; Hel. 597 u. öfter; Ar. Eccl. 67; u. in Prosa: Her. 2, 105. 4, 33; Thuc. 1, 49; Plat. Phil. 51 d Rep. X, 616 b u. öfter; wie Sp., z. B. Luc. Icaro- men. 2. – Bei Her. 5, 111 als v. l. προσφερέστατος, = προσφορώτατος, zuträglich.