προπάσχω
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
A suffer first or beforehand, Hdt.7.11, Th.3.82, etc.; τι S.OC230 (lyr.), Antipho 2.1.5, Pl.R.376a; to be ill-treated before, ὑφ' ἡμῶν Th.3.67; π. οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν X.Mem.2.2.5: generally, to be previously affected or modified, Plu.2.725a, Plot.4.5.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 739] (s. πάσχω), vor, vorher, voraus leiden; Soph. O. C. 229; Her. 7. 11; ὑπό τινος, Thuc. 3, 67. 82; οὐδὲν κακὸν προπεπονθώς, Plat. Rep. II, 376 a.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προπάσχω: πάσχω πρῶτος ἢ πρότερον, Ἡρ. 7. 11, Θουκ. 3· 82, κτλ.· τι Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 230, Ἀντιφῶν 126, 4, Πλάτ. Πολ. 376Α· παρηνόμησαν [παρενόμησάν] τε οὐ προσπαθόντες ὑφ’ ἡμῶν, οὐ παθόντες ὑφ’ ἡμῶν κακόν τι πρότερον, Θουκ. 3. 67· ― ἀγαθὸν πρ. Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 2. 2, 5.
