The corpus record

παραφθάνω

paraphthano

overtake, outstrip

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Where it lives

Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

παρα-φθάνω · para-phthanō — LSJ

overtake, outstrip, win a race

overtake, outstrip, τοσσάκι μιν . . ἀποστρέψασκε παραφθάς Il. 22.197 ; εἰ δʼ ἄμμε παραφθαίῃσι πόδεσσιν (nisi leg. -φθήῃσι) 10.346 ; κέρδεσιν, οὔ τι τάχει γε, παραφθάμενος Μενέλαον 23.515 ; of a horse, win a race, Paus. 5.8.8, cf. Hld. 4.4.

In the wild

παραφθαίησι · paraphthaiēsi Iliad 10.346
παραφθὰς · paraphthas Iliad 22.197
παραφθάμενος · paraphthamenos Iliad 23.515

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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