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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes
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Transliteration A: phōráō Transliteration B: phōraō Transliteration C: forao Beta Code: fwra/w

English (LSJ)

fut. άσω [ᾱ] Ar.Nu. 499, etc.: (φώρ, φωρά):

   A search after a thief or theft, search a house to discover stolen goods, φωράσων ἔγωγ' εἰσέρχομαι Ar.l.c., cf. Ra.1363 (lyr.); φωρᾶν παρά τινι Pl.Lg.954a.    2 generally, detect, discover, τὰ πλεῖστα φωρῶν αἰσχρὰ φωράσεις S.Fr.853; οὐδένα ἄν τις φωράσαι τῶν . . καλουμένων δυνατῶν . . ῥητόρων ὅς οὐ . . Phld.Rh.2.247 S.: freq. c. part., ἀργύριον πῶς φωράσειεν ἄν τις ἐξαγόμενον; X.Vect.4.21; τοῦτο φ. δρῶντας ἡμᾶς Pl.Ti.63c; φ. τινὰς ἐπιβουλεύσαντας Arist.Pol.1306b30; ψεῦδος ὂν ἐφωράσαμεν Phld.Mus.p.55 K.: c. acc. et inf., τὸν Ἀχιλλέα ἐρᾶν πεφώρακας Philostr.Im.2.7:—Pass., to be detected, D.2.10; πεφωραμένος ἐπὶ τοιαύτῃ πράξει Plb.6.56.15; ὁ φωραθείς BGU1730.8 (i B. C.): mostly c. part., φωραθῆναι τὰ ψευδῆ μεμαρτυρηκώς D.45.19; κλέπτης ὢν φ. Id.22.71, cf. 21.41; εἴ τις φωραθείη φυτεύσας IG7.2226.28 (Thisbe, iii A. D.); ἀδύνατος ὢν φ. Th.8.56: also with Adjs., κακὸς (sc. ὤν) ἐφωράθη φίλοις E.Or.740 (troch.), cf. Jul.Or.2.62a: c. inf., Ἑλληνικὸν εἶναι πεφ. Plu.2.714d.