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|mdlsjtxt=fut. ήσω<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[honour]] one [[before]] or [[above]] [[another]], to [[prefer]] one to [[another]], τινά or τί τινος Plat., etc.; τινὰ [[ἀντί]] τινος or πρό τινος Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. acc. only, to [[prefer]] in [[honour]] or [[esteem]], Aesch., etc.:— Pass. to be so preferred, Thuc., etc.; προτιμᾶσθαι ἀποθανεῖν to be selected as a [[victim]] to be put to [[death]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> c. gen. only, to [[care]] for, [[take]] [[heed]] of, reck of, Aesch.; οὐδὲν πρ. τινός Eur., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> c. inf. foll. by ἤ, to [[wish]] [[rather]], [[prefer]], προτιμῶντες καθαροὶ [[εἶναι]] ἢ εὐπρεπέστεροι Hdt.: c. inf. only, to [[wish]] [[greatly]], [[wish]] [[much]] to do or be, Soph., Eur.; πρ. [[πολλοῦ]] ἐμοὶ [[ξεῖνος]] [[γενέσθαι]] to [[value]] at a [[great]] [[price]] the [[privilege]] of [[becoming]] my [[friend]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> c. partic., πρ. τυπτόμενος to [[care]] [[greatly]] [[about]] [[being]] [[beaten]], Ar.

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