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προπυνθάνομαι

προπυνθάνομαι

Ancient Greek

Verb

προπῠνθᾰ́νομαι (propunthánomai)

  1. To find out beforehand
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 4 42.3
      Κορίνθιοι δὲ προπυθόμενοι ἐξ Ἄργους ὅτι ἡ στρατιὰ ἥξει τῶν Ἀθηναίων, ἐκ πλείονος ἐβοήθησαν ἐς Ἰσθμὸν
      The Corinthians, having heard beforehand from Argos that the army of the Athenians was going to arrive, rallied in great numbers to the Isthmus

Usage notes

More commonly used in the aorist and perfect than the present or imperfect, since the action of "finding out before" is usually finished by the time of speaking.

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