ἀνθαιρ-έομαι · anthair-eomai — LSJ
choose, instead of, prefer, choose rather
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ἀνθαιρ-έομαι
anthaireomai
choose, instead of, prefer, choose rather
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- ἀνθαιρήσεται · anthairēsetai Euripides, Hecuba 660 (DIORISIS sentence 330)
- ἀνθελέσθαι · anthelesthai Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 242)
- ἀνθείλοντο · antheilonto Thucydides, History 6.103.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4742)
- ἀνθείλοντο · antheilonto Thucydides, History 8.76.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5827)
- ἀνθαιροῦνται · anthairountai Xenophon, Hellenica 6.2.13 (DIORISIS sentence 2572)
- ἀνθαιρεῖσθαι · anthaireisthai Plato, Laws 765
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