προφερής

English (LSJ)

ές, (προφέρω) poet. Adj.,

   A carried before, placed before, excelling, c. gen., ἀλλάων προφερής τ' ἦν πρεσβυτάτη τε Hes.Sc.260: Hom. only Comp. (exc. Sup., ἅλματι . . πάντων προφερέστατος Od.8.128), more excellent, τῶν δ' ἄλλων ἐμέ φημι πολὺ προφερέστερον εἶναι Od.8.221: c. dat. rei, βίῃ προφερέστερος 21.134: c. inf., [ἡμίονοι] βοῶν προφερέστεραί εἰσιν ἑλκέμεναι Il.10.352: Sup., προφερεστάτη ἐστὶν ἁπασέων Hes.Th.79,361 (where it is commonly interpreted eldest); ἀνὴρ προφερέστατος ἀνδρῶν IG14.935, cf. Theoc.17.4; ἡνιόχων π. IG14.1628, cf. Epigr.Gr.435 (Trachonitis); also Comp. and Sup., προφέρτερος, προφέρτατος in the sense of older, eldest, S.Fr.447, OC 1531.    II looking older than one is, well-grown, Pl.Euthd.271b, cf. Aeschin.1.49; of plants and young persons, forced, premature, precocious, τὰ π. Aristox. ap. Stob.4.37.4, cf. Iamb.VP31.209.