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|Definition=Ep. and Ion. impf. [[προφέρεσκον]], Q.S.4.275, ''IG''14.1747.6 (Rome): fut. προοίσω: aor. 1 [[προήνεγκα]]: aor. 2<br><span class="bld">A</span> προήνεγκον Th.5.17: Hom.only pres.; 3sg.pres.subj. προφέρῃσι Il.9.323:—[[bring before]] or [[bring to]] one, [[present]], ὡς ὄρνις . . νεοσσοῖσι προφέρῃσι μάστακα Il. [[l.c.]]; νέκυν Ἀχιλλῆϊ 17.121; μάντεις σφάγια προὔφερον Th.6.69; προενέγκας τὴν ἐπιστολήν ''BGU''1141.11 (i B.C.), cf. ''PTeb.''291.43 (ii A.D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of words, <b class="b3">σφιν ὀνείδεα π.</b> [[cast]] [[reproach]]es in their [[teeth]], Il.2.251; <b class="b3">προφέρω τινί</b> [[throw in]] one's [[teeth]], [[bring forward]], [[allege]], especially in the way of [[reproach]] or [[objection]], μή μοι δῶρ' ἐρατὰ πρόφερε χρυσέης Ἀφροδίτης 3.64, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.3, 8.61, 125, Isoc.4.100; προφέρω τοὔνομα τοῦθ' ὡς ὄνειδος D.21.190; δικαιώσεις ἀλλήλοις Th.5.17: abs., [[reproach]] (followed by words quoted), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.120:—also in Med., τὴν ἐν Δωδώνῃ ἀσέβειαν Plb.5.11.2; εἶναι βασιλικὴν γῆν ''PTeb.''81.17 (ii B.C.), cf. ''PAmh.''2.30.7 (ii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[utter]], μῦθον [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 189 (anap.):—Med., ζῷα ἀνθρωπίνας π. φωνάς S.E. ''P.''1.73, cf. 15, Jul.''Or.''7.218c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">π. Αἴγιναν πάτραν</b> [[proclaim]] it as their [[country]], Pi.''I.''5(4).43; <b class="b3">προφέρω εἰς μέσον</b> or <b class="b3">προφέρω εἰς τὸ μέσον</b> [[publish]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]'' 812c, 936a:—Med., <b class="b3">ὁπόσσω κα προφέρηται</b> for [[whatever]] [[sum]] [the priest] [[lay down|lays down]], Berl.Sitzb.1927.169 (Cyrene).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[bring forward]], [[cite]], μὴ π. τὴν τότε γενομένην [[ξυνωμοσία]]ν Th.3.64, cf. 5.26 (Pass.), Pl. ''Sph.''259d; <b class="b3">προφέρων Ἄρτεμιν</b> [[put forward|putting forward]] her [[authority]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]'' 201 (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. τὰς ἐπονειδίστους τῶν ἡδονῶν</b> [[cite by way of example|citing by way of example]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1173b21, cf. ''Pol.''1288a20:—also in Med., Pl.''Phlb.''57a, X. ''Oec.''14.6; <b class="b3">ἀναμνήσεως χάριν π.</b> Plb.4.66.10; <b class="b3">αὐτοῦ -ομένου τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα γεγενημένην ἀσθένειαν</b> pleading .., ''OGI''244.10 (Daphne, ii B.C.); [[cite]], Plu.''Lyc.''21; [[recite]], ποιήματα [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]14.109, cf. 16.92; ἀριθμοὺς τῶν ἀρχαίων ποιητᾶν ''SIG''703.7, cf. 660.3 (Delph., ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> of an oracle, [[propose as a task]], τοῖσι Θηραίοισι προέφερε ἡ Πυθίη τὴν ἐς Λιβύην ἀποικίην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.151; ἡ [[Πυθίη]] προφέρει σφι, τὰς Ἀθήνας ἐλευθεροῦν Id.5.63:—Pass., <b class="b3">δόμοισι προὐνεχθέντος ἐν χρηστηρίοις</b> (gen. abs.) [[it having been commanded]] to do so, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''964.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[bring forward]], [[display]], π. κρατερὸν μένος Il.10.479; σπουδήν [[LXX]] ''Si.Prol.''22; <b class="b3">ἔριδα π.</b> [[show]], i.e. [[engage in]], [[rivalry]], Od.6.92; ἀντιώσεσθαι πόλεμον προφέρων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.9.γ:—Med., <b class="b3">ξεινοδόκῳ ἔριδα προφέρεσθαι</b> [[challenge]] one's [[host]] to [[rivalry]], Od.8.210, cf. Il.3.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bring out]], <b class="b3">ἐντεῦθεν ὥσπερ ἐκ ταμιείου π.</b> Isoc.1.44; <b class="b3">ἤνοιξα τὸν τόπον τῶν οἰναρίων καὶ προενήνεχα</b> (sic) οἴνου κεράμια νά ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1288.12 (iv A.D.); <b class="b3">ἠξίωσαν προενεχθῆναι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου</b> that he should be produced .., ''BGU'' 1024 vii 4 (iv A.D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[carry off]], [[sweep away]], of a [[storm]], Il.6.346, Od.20.64; of [[death]], π. σώματα τέκνων [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1111 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[put]] or [[move forward]], πόδα Id.''Tr.''1332 (lyr.); [[carry forward]], [[pass on]], [[σκυταλίδα]] Aen.Tact.22.27: hence, [[promote]], [[further]], <b class="b3">ἠώς τοι προφέρει μὲν ὁδοῦ, π. δὲ καὶ ἔργου</b> [[further]]s one on the road and in the work, Hes.''Op.''579: without gen., ''AP''9.344 (Leon. Alex.); <b class="b3">μέγα π. εἴς τι</b> [[conduce]], [[help]] towards [[gain]]ing an [[object]], Th.1.93; <b class="b3">μεγάλη τύχη πρὸς πάντα π.</b> D.C.78.38:—Pass., [[move forward]], προενεχθέντος τοῦ σώματος Arist.''IA''711a29.<br><span class="bld">2</span> intr., [[surpass]], [[excel]] another, δόξας ἔργα πολὺ προφέρει Simon.161, cf. Theoc.12.5: c. dat. rei, <b class="b3">εἴρια καλλονῇ τε προφέροντα καὶ ἀρετῇ τῶν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀΐων</b> (tree) [[wool]] [[surpassing]] sheep's wool in beauty and goodness, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.106; πλούτῳ καὶ εἴδεϊ προφέρων Ἀθηναίων Id.6.127; <b class="b3">ἡ Νάξος εὐδαιμονίῃ τῶν νήσων π.</b> Id.5.28; π. εἰς [[εὐτυχία]]ν τινῶν [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1092 (anap.): abs., <b class="b3">ἐν πάντα νόμον εὐθύγλωσσος ἀνὴρ π.</b> Pi.''P.''2.86; <b class="b3">πλούτῳ καὶ ἐξουσία, εὐψυχία</b>, Th.1.123, 2.89, cf. Q.S.4.275; ἔν τινι D.C.77.11.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[bring forth]] [[children]], ''IG''14.1747.6 (Rome).<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[carry before]], λύχνον τινί D.C. 39.31:—Pass., τὸ [[ῥόπαλον]] προεφέρετο αὐτοῦ Id.72.17.