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προτελέω

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Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698
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Transliteration A: proteléō Transliteration B: proteleō Transliteration C: proteleo Beta Code: protele/w

English (LSJ)

   A pay or expend beforehand, τι ἡμῖν X.An.7.7.25, cf. Ages.1.18; ἀφ' οὗ ἂν π. εἰς τὴν ἀφορμήν Id.Vect.3.9; τι πρὸς τὰς θυσίας Luc.Philops.14: lend, c. dat., Democr.255:—Pass., POxy.279.12 (i A.D.), etc.    II initiate or instruct beforehand, Luc.Rh.Pr.14 (Pass.); ψυχὴ ὥσπερ ἐν ἱεροῖς -τελεῖται Aristid.1.97 J.    III accomplish before, κάθαρσίν τινα Alciphr.2.4; τὰ -τετελεσμένα ἔργα Ph.Byz. Mir.4.5.