προοφείλω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. contr. προὐφ-, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[owe beforehand]], πολλὰ πολλοῖς <span class="bibl">D.C. 47.16</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">π. κακόν τινι</b> [[owe]] one an atonement, i.e. [[deserve]] evil [[at his hands]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>523</span>; <b class="b3">κακὸν ταῖς πλευραῖς π</b>. [[owe]] one's ribs a mischief, i.e. [[deserve]] a beating, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>3</span>; π. τι χρηστὸν τῇ πόλει παραινέσαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 648</span>:—Pass., to [[be due beforehand]], of debts, <b class="b3">ὁ προοφειλόμενος φόρος</b> the [[arrears]] of tribute, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.59</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.5.7</span>; τὸ ληφθὲν προωφέλετο ἱματιοκαπήλῳ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>38</span>: generally, <b class="b3">ἔχθρη προοφειλομένη ἐς Ἀθηναίους</b> the hatred [[they had long had reason to feel]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.82</span>; <b class="b3">εὐεργεσία προὐφειλομένη</b> a kindness [[that has long remained as a debt]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.32</span>; <b class="b3">προωφείλετο αὐτῷ κακόν</b> [[a debt]] of punishment [[had long been owing]] to him, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.61</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.21.77</span>; ἦν μοί τις οὐ μικρὰ π. χάρις <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Abd.</span>15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> to [[be bound]] to do, τὸ προὐφείλειν καλῶς πράσσειν… τούσδε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>240</span>.</span>