, ές, (προφέρω) poët. Adj. carried before, placed before, excelling, c. gen., Hes.:—Comp., more excellent, superior, surpassing, τῶν ἄλλων προφερέστερος Od.; c. inf., [ἡμίονοι] βοῶν προφερέστεραί εἰσιν ἑλκέμεναι are better than oxen in drawing, Il.:—Sup. προφερέστατος Ib., Hes.:—also Comp. and Sup., προφέρτερος, προφέρτατος Soph. II. looking older than one is, well-grown, precocious, Plat., Aeschin. , f. -οίσω: aor. I -ήνεγκα: aor. 2 -ήνεγκον:—Ep. 3 sing.
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