φθάνειν
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also φθάνω): anticipate, be ahead of, be first, get a start, get ahead of, get before, get in front of, get the start of, shoot ahead, steal a march on
Lexicon Thucydideum
praevertere, to anticipate, forestall, 1.33.3, 2.52.4, 2.91.1, 2.91.3. 3.5.4, 3.23.5, 3.49.2. 3.49.3. 3.4.1. 3.82.5, 3.82.7. 3.83.3. 3.89.2, 3.112.1. 4.4.3, 4.8.3. 4.67.4. 4.79.1. 4.96.1. 4.104.3. 4.121.2. 4.127.2. 5.3.1. 5.3.2. 5.3.1. 5.9.6. 5.10.3, [vulgo commonly ὀφθήσεσθαι] 5.72.1, 5.72.4, 6.61.2. 6.97.2. 6.99.2. 6.99.26.101.6. 6.1.2, 6.6.4. 6.15.2, 6.23.1. 6.25.9. 6.36.1. 6.42.3, 8.12.1, 8.17.2. 8.17.3. 8.19.3, 8.44.3. 8.92.1, 8.95.4. 8.100.1. 8.102.2.
