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|Definition=(Ion. [[προτιμέω]] Heraclit.55; Phocian dat. pl. part.<br><span class="bld">A</span> προτιμεόντοις ''Supp.Epigr.''3.416.6 (Elatea, ii B.C.)), [[honour]] one [[before]] or [[above]] another, [[prefer]] one [[to]] another, <b class="b3">τὴν σωτηρίαν τοῦ κέρδους, δίκην πλούτου</b>, Antipho 2.2.5, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''913b, etc.; also π. ὑὸν ἀντὶ τῶν χρημάτων Id.''Ly.''219d; πρὸ ἀρετῆς κάλλος Id.''Lg.''727d; <b class="b3">πλέον αὑτῶν</b> ib.777d; <b class="b3">βραχυλογίαν μᾶλλον ἢ μῆκος</b> ib.887b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. only, [[prefer in honour]] or [[esteem]], <b class="b3">ταῦτα ἐγὼ π.</b> Heraclit. [[l.c.]]; οὐ π. τι A.''Eu.''739, etc., cf. ''Ag.''1415; <b class="b3">τὴν αὐτονομίαν οὐ π.</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Th.8.64; π. τὴν ἀλήθειαν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1096a16; π. τὸν ἄνδρα ἀξίως τῆς ἡμετέρας κρίσεως ''OGI''244.34 (Daphne, ii B.C.):—Pass., to [[be so preferred]], Th. 6.9, Lys.6.50, ''OGI''754 (Cilicia), etc.; μᾶλλον προτετίμηται τὸ κάλλος παρ' ἐκείνοις ἢ παρ' ἡμῖν Isoc.10.60; προτιμηθῆναι μάλιστα τῶν Ἑλλήνων X.''An.''1.6.5; <b class="b3">προτιμᾶσθαι ἀποθανεῖν</b> to [[be selected]] as a victim to be put to death, Th.1.133; <b class="b3">προτιμᾶσθαι ἐς τὰ κοινά</b> to [[be preferred]] to public honours, Id.2.37:—Med., τὸν δ' οὐδ' ἂν ἡμιμναίου προτιμησαίμην [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.5.3: fut. Med. in pass. sense, Id.''An.''1.4.14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf. followed by <b class="b3">ἤ..</b>, [[wish rather]], [[prefer]], προτιμῶντες καθαροὶ εἶναι ἢ εὐπρεπέστεροι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.37: c. inf. only, <b class="b3">π. πολλοῦ ἐμοὶ ξεῖνος γενέσθαι</b> [[valuing]] at a great price the privilege of becoming my friend, Id.3.21: c. acc. et inf., <b class="b3">τὸν ἂν ἐγὼ πᾶσι τυράννοισι προετίμησα μεγάλων χρημάτων ἐς λόγους ἐλθεῖν</b> the man for whom I [[should have wished]], [[though it might cost me]] much money, the opportunity to address all princes, Id.1.86.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[take heed of]], [[reck of]], with neg., μὴ προτιμήσῃς ὑλαγμάτων A.''Ag.''1672 (troch.); τῶν ἐν Ἀδμήτου κακῶν οὐδὲν προτιμῶν [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''762; οὐδὲν προτιμῶ σου Ar.''Pl.''883, cf. D.7.16: c. part., χὠπότερον ἂν νῷν ἴδῃς.. -ήσαντά τι τυπτόμενον Ar.''Ra.''638, cf. 655: c. inf., [[care]] to do or be, ζῆν.. κακῶς κλύουσαν οὐκ ἀνασχετὸν ἥτις π. μὴ κακὴ πεφυκέναι S.''Tr.''722; οὐδὲν π. μηχανήσασθαι τέκνοις E.''Med.'' 343: with ὅπως, εἰρήνη δ' ὅπως ἔσται προτιμῶσ' οὐδέν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]'' 27.