προφωνέω
τὸ δ' ἡδέως ζῆν καὶ ἱλαρῶς οὐκ ἔξωθέν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῖς περὶ αὑτὸν πράγμασιν ἡδονὴν καὶ χάριν ὥσπερ ἐκ πηγῆς τοῦ ἤθους προστίθησιν → but a pleasant and happy life comes not from external things, but, on the contrary, man draws on his own character as a source from which to add the element of pleasure and joy to the things which surround him
English (LSJ)
A utter, declare beforehand, Ζηνὸς κότον A.Supp.617; πήματα, ἄλγη, Id.Ag.882, Eu.466: c. inf. fut., AP5.20 (Rufin.); utter before all, ἠχώ S.El.109 (anap.); πᾶσιν π. τόνδε ναυάρχοις λόγον gives this or der beforehand to all, A.Pers.363. II order beforehand or before all, c. dat. et inf., καί σοι προφωνῶ τόνδε μὴ θάπτειν S.Aj.1089, cf. E.Hipp.956, El.685: without inf., ὑμῖν προφωνῶ τάδε S.OT223.
German (Pape)
[Seite 798] vorher sagen, heraussagen, bekannt machen, befehlen; πᾶσιν προφωνεῖ τόνδε ναυάρχοις λόγον, Aesch. Pers. 355; προφωνῶν τὰ τῶν πέλας κακά, Eum. 479; καί σοι προφωνῶ τόνδε μὴ θάπτειν, Soph. Ai. 1068; sp. D., wie Rufin. 32 (V, 21).
