προφέρω
Infl. fut. -οίσω
Infl. aor1 -ήνεγκα
Infl. aor2 -ήνεγκον
Infl. —epic 3rd sg. pres. subj. προφέρῃσι
I. "to bring before" one, "bring to, present, offer", Il., Thuc.
2. of words, πρ. ὀνείδεά τινι "to throw" reproaches "in his teeth", Il.: and so, πρ. τινί "to throw in one's teeth, bring forward, allege", Lat. objicere, μή μοι δῶρα πρόφερε Ἀφροδίτης id=Il.
3. simply, "to utter", αὐδάν, μῦθον Eur.; πρ. Αἴγιναν πάτραν "to proclaim" it as their country, Pind.
4. "to bring forward, cite", Thuc.; προφέρων Ἄρτεμιν "pleading" Artemis "as authority", Aesch.
5. of an oracle, "to propose as a task", Hdt.:—Pass., προὐνεχθέντος τινί (gen. absol.) "if it were commanded" one to do so, Aesch.
II. "to bring forward, display", Il.; ἔριδα πρ. "to shew", i. e. engage in, rivalry, Od.; πόλεμόν τινι πρ. "to declare" war against one, Hdt.:—Mid., ξεινοδόκῳ ἔριδα προφέρεσθαι "to offer" quarrel to one's host, Od.
III. "to bear on or away, to carry off, sweep away", of a storm, Hom.
IV. "to move forward", πόδα Eur.:—then, "to promote, further, assist", ἠὼς προφέρει ὁδοῦ morning "furthers" one on the road, Hes.; πρ. εἴς τι "to conduce, help" towards gaining an object, Thuc.
2. intr. "to surpass, excel" another, c. gen., Hdt., Thuc.