Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος, ἀμύ_νεσθαι περὶ πάτρης one omen is best, to fight for our country M 243, εἶπον . . . τοῦτο μόνον ὁρᾶν πάντας, τῷ πρόσθεν ἕπεσθαι I told all to pay heed to this only, viz., to follow their leader X. C. 2.2.8, καὶ ὑ_μᾶς δὲ οὕτως, ὦ παῖδες, . . . ἐπαίδευον, τοὺς μὲν γεραιτέρους προτι_μᾶν, τῶν δὲ νεωτέρων προτετι_μῆσθαι and I have instructed you, too, my children (to this effect) to honour your elders in preference to yourselves and to receive honour from the younger in preference to them X. C. 8.7.10.