προκαταπαύω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
A cause to cease before, τινος from…, Lib.Or.18.99; but π. [τινὰ] ροῦ συμμέτρου before the moderate amount, Gal.6.286.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προκαταπαύω: καταπαύω, πρότερον, οὐ δυνηθεὶς προκαταπαῦσαι τοῦ φρονήματος Λιβάν. 1. 554.
Greek Monolingual
Α καταπαύω
1. κάνω να σταματήσει κάτι εκ τών προτέρων («οὐ δυνηθεὶς προκαταπαῡσαι τοῦ φρονήματος», Λιβάν.)
2. καταπαύω, σταματώ προτού να... («προκαταπαύειν τινὰ τοῦ συμμέτρου», Γαλ.).
