outrun
From LSJ
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ὑπερθεῖν, V. ὑπερτρέχειν, P. προτρέχειν (gen.).
I felt my anger had outrun (itself): V. ἐμάνθανον τὸν θυμὸν ἐκδραμόντα μοι (Soph., Oedipus Coloneus 438).
get before: P. and V. φθάνω, φθάνειν, προλαμβάνω, προλαμβάνειν, P. προκαταλαμβάνειν.
