φθάνειν
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
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.
