προτιμάω

προτιμάω (Ion. προτῑμ-έω Heraclit. 55; Phocian dat. pl. part. προτιμεόντοις Supp.Epigr. 3.416.6 (Elatea, ii B.C.)), A. 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. EN 1096a16; π. τὸν ἄνδρα ἀξίως τῆς ἡμετέρας κρίσεως OGI 244.34 (Daphne, ii B.C.):—Pass., to be so preferred, Th. 6.9, Lys. 6.50, OGI 754 (Cilicia), etc.; μᾶλλον προτετίμηται τὸ κάλλος παρʼ ἐκείνοις ἢ παρʼ 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:—Med., τὸν δʼ οὐδʼ ἂν ἡμιμναίου προτιμησαίμην X. Mem. 2.5.3: fut. 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 δʼ ὅπως ἔσται προτιμῶσʼ οὐδέν Ar. Ach. 27.