προάγω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From προ- (pro-, “before”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to go, lead”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.á.ɡɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proˈa.ɡo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈa.ɣo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈa.ɣo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈa.ɣo/
Verb
[edit]προᾰ́γω • (proắgō)
- to lead forward, on, onward
- (seemingly intransitive, properly of an officer) to lead on, advance, push forward
- (figuratively) to precede
- to go on, advance
- New Testament, Second Epistle of John 9
- to excel
Inflection
[edit] Present: προᾰ́γω, προᾰ́γομαι
Aorist: προήγαγον, προηγαγόμην
Descendants
[edit]- → Greek: προάγω (proágo), προηγμένος (proïgménos) (learned)
References
[edit]- “προάγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “προάγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- προάγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4254 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προάγω (proágō) with semantic loan from French promouvoir.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]προάγω • (proágo) (imperfect προήγα, past προήγαγα) (transitive)
- to promote, to advance, to further (to advocate or urge on behalf of, or otherwise create positive conditions for)
- to promote (to raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank)
Conjugation
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
[edit]- προαγωγή f (proagogí)
- προαγωγικός (proagogikós)
- προαγωγός m or f (proagogós)
References
[edit]- ^ προάγω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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