προτείνω

proteino

stretch out before, hold before

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Letters 3
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317c5
343c2
343c7
Republic 3
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Book II 1
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382a2
Book V 1
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449b4
Book VII 1
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525d8
Laws 2
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Book X 2
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895d7
895d8
Phaedrus 2
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230d8
266b1
Critias 1
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111a4
Gorgias 1
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518b2
Sophist 1
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247d5

Dictionary (LSJ)

προτείνω, A. stretch out before, hold before, τὸν χαλινόν X. Eq. 6.11 (Pass.); [ὁ ναυτίλος] π. τὰς πλεκτάνας Arist. HA 525a28. 2. expose to danger, ψυχὴν . . προτείνων S. Aj. 1270. 3. metaph., hold out as a pretext or excuse, π. πρόφασιν Hdt. 1.156; σκῆψιν E. El. 1067; θεούς S. Ph. 992; παιδὸς θάνατον E. Andr. 428:—Med., π. τὴν ἡλικίαν Pl. Ep. 317c. II. stretch forth, hold out, χεῖρα, as a suppliant, Archil. 130; τὰς χεῖρας Hdt. 1.45, 7.233 (for punishment, Ps.-Callisth. 2.2); φύλλον οἱ ἱκέται προτείνουσι Call. Iamb. 1.275a (προτιμῶσι 275); also προτείνει χεὶρ ἐκ χερὸς ὀρέγματα (Herm. for ὀρεγόμενα) A. Ag. 1110 (lyr.); π. ἑαυτόν leaning forward, Pl. R. 449b: hence intr., stretch forward, προτείνουσα εἰς τὸ πέλαγος [ἄκρα] Id. Criti. 111a, cf. Plb. 1.29.2, etc. 2. π. χεῖρα δεξιάν offer, tender it as a pledge, S. Ph. 1292, cf. Tr. 1184, E. Alc. 1118, etc.; π. πίστιν D. 23.117. 3. hold out, offer, μεγάλα π. ἐπʼ οἷσι ὁμολογέειν ἐθέλουσι Hdt. 8.140.βʹ; κέρδος A. Pr. 777; τελετάς E. Ba. 238; κάλλος Id. Hel. 28; φάντασμα Pl. R. 382a; ἐλπίδα E. Fr. 131; δραχμὰς εἴκοσιν Ar. Pl. 1019; ἐλευθερίαν Antipho 5.50; δέλεαρ π. τὴν ἡδονήν Plu. 2 13a; ἐμοὶ λόγους Pl. Phdr. 230d: c. inf., π. τινὶ λαβεῖν ὅ τι χρῄζει X. Oec. 5.8:—Med., Hdt. 5.24, 7.161; ἔρωτα Pl. Phdr. 266b; φιλίαν προτενεῖται D. 14.5; τὴν ἀειλογίαν Id. 19.2:—Pass., δυοῖν προτεινομένοιν ἀγαθοῖν Isoc. 6.37, cf. 12.117. 4. put forward, propose, π. ζητήματα, ἐρωτήματα, Plu. 2.737d, Arr. Epict. 3.8.1; αἴνιγμά τινι D.L. 2.70, etc.:—Med., offer or put forward as instances, Pl. Grg. 518b:—Pass., Sor. 2.1, Iamb. Myst. 1.3. 5. Med . . μισθὸν προτείνασθαι stipulate for as a reward, Hdt. 9.34. III. put forward as a proposition (πρότασις I.1), Arist. APr. 47a15, Top. 104a5, al.:—Med., ib.164b4:—Pass., ib.7.

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