προκαταβαίνω

ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων → as different as chalk from cheese, different as chalk from cheese, apples and oranges, like apples and oranges, by as much as cardamom is different from figs

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Full diacritics: προκαταβαίνω	Medium diacritics: προκαταβαίνω	Low diacritics: προκαταβαίνω	Capitals: ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΩ
Transliteration A: prokatabaínō	Transliteration B: prokatabainō	Transliteration C: prokatavaino	Beta Code: prokatabai/nw

English (LSJ)

A descend, of the foetus, Arist.HA583b31; εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα D.S.15.85 (s.v.l.); step into a bath first, Gal.11.606.

[Seite 728] (s. βαίνω), vorher herabgehen, herabsteigen, Arist. H. A. 7, 4; D. Cass. 61, 3.

προκαταβαίνω: καταβαίνω πρότερον, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 7. 4, 1· εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα Διόδ. 15. 85.