προβύω

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Εἰ μὲν ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροισιν, Ἔρως, ἴσα τόξα τιταίνεις, εἶ θεός (Rufinus, Greek Anthology 5.97) → If, Eros, you're stretching your bow at both equally, then you're a god.

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Transliteration A: probýō Transliteration B: probyō Transliteration C: provyo Beta Code: probu/w

English (LSJ)

[ῡ], fut. -βύσω:—π. λύχνον

   A push up the wick of a lamp, trim it, cj.in Ar.V.250: metaph., π. φορτικὸν γέλωτα Com.Adesp.644.

German (Pape)

[Seite 713] λύχνον, wie προμύσσω, den Docht vorstoßen, um die Lampe zu putzen, Ar. Vesp. 249; προβῦσαι φορτικὸν γέλωτα, B. A. 59, = προβαλεῖν, von Solchen, die immer nur Gelächter erregen wollen.