προτιμάω

προτῑμ-άω ([dialect] Ion. [suff] προτῑμ-έω Heraclit.55; Phocian dat. pl. part.

A

προτιμεόντοις Supp.Epigr.3.416.6

(Elatea, ii B.C.)), honour one before or above another, prefer one to another, τὴν σωτηρίαν τοῦ κέρδους, δίκην πλούτου, Antipho 2.2.5, Pl.Lg.913b, etc.; also

π. ὑὸν ἀντὶ τῶν χρημάτων Id.Ly.219d

;

πρὸ ἀρετῆς κάλλος Id.Lg.727d

; πλέον αὑτῶν ib.777d; βραχυλογίαν μᾶλλον ἢ μῆκος ib.887b.

2 c. acc. only, prefer in honour or esteem, ταῦτα ἐγὼ π. Heraclit. l.c.;

οὐ π. τι A.Eu.739

, etc., cf. Ag.1415; τὴν αὐτονομίαν οὐ π. v.l. in Th.8.64;

π. τὴν ἀλήθειαν Arist.EN1096a16

;

π. τὸν ἄνδρα ἀξίως τῆς ἡμετέρας κρίσεως OGI244.34

(Daphne, ii B.C.):—[voice] Pass., to be so preferred, Th. 6.9, Lys.6.50, OGI754 ([place name] Cilicia), etc.;

μᾶλλον προτετίμηται τὸ κάλλος παρ' ἐκείνοις ἢ παρ' ἡμῖν Isoc.10.60

;

προτιμηθῆναι μάλιστα τῶν Ἑλλήνων X.An.1.6.5

; προτιμᾶσθαι ἀποθανεῖν to be selected as a victim to be put to death, Th.1.133; προτιμᾶσθαι ἐς τὰ κοινά to be preferred to public honours, Id.2.37:—[voice] Med.,

τὸν δ' οὐδ' ἂν ἡμιμναίου προτιμησαίμην X.Mem.2.5.3

: [tense] fut. [voice] Med. in pass. sense, Id.An.1.4.14.

3 c. inf. folld. by ἤ . . , wish rather, prefer,

προτιμῶντες καθαροὶ εἶναι ἢ εὐπρεπέστεροι Hdt.2.37

: c. inf. only, π. πολλοῦ ἐμοὶ ξεῖνος γενέσθαι valuing at a great price the privilege of becoming my friend, Id.3.21: c. acc. et inf., τὸν ἂν ἐγὼ πᾶσι τυράννοισι προετίμησα μεγάλων χρημάτων ἐς λόγους ἐλθεῖν the man for whom I should have wished, though it might cost me much money, the opportunity to address all princes, Id.1.86.

II take heed of, reck of, with neg.,

μὴ προτιμήσῃς ὑλαγμάτων A.Ag.1672

(troch.);

τῶν ἐν Ἀδμήτου κακῶν οὐδὲν προτιμῶν E.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 Ar.Ach. 27

.