πρόπαν

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τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort

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German (Pape)

[Seite 739] verstärktes simplex, ganz und gar; Hom. u. Hes. πρόπαν ἦμαρ, den ganzen Tag lang; Il. 2, 493 auch νῆας προπάσας, die Schiffe insgesammt; πρόπασα μὲν στένει γαῖ' Ἀσιάς, Aesch. Pers. 540; οὐκ ἔδυ πρόπας δόμος, Ag. 983; χρόνος, Eum. 858; στόλος, Soph. O. R. 169; πότμος, Ant. 583; ἐῤῥέτω πρόπας δόμος, Eur. Phoen. 627.