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καταπροτερέω

kataprotereo

get the better of

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What it meant

καταπροτερέω · kataprotereō — LSJ

get the better of, seize a favourable, to be beaten, yield

get the better of, τινος D.S. 17.33; κ. τὸν καιρόν seize a favourable opportunity, Men.Prot. p.102 D.:—Pass., to be beaten, yield, τοῖς ἐπιβατικοῖς, ταῖς εὐχειρίαις, Plb. 1.47.9, 16.19.1.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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