προγυμν-άζω,
A. exercise, train beforehand,
χέρα
S. Fr. 498
; ἑαυτὸν ἐς ἄλλον βίον
Luc. Herm. 78
, cf. Porph. VP 47 : esp.train in oratory,
Arr. Epict. 1.26.13 , etc.:— Med. ,study, practise oneself,
Gal. Anim.Pass. 2.3 ; but also,act as
προγυμναστής
2
, Id. 6.177 :— Pass. , of arguments or passages,to be prepared beforehand,
οἱ προγυμνασθέντες λόγοι
Hermog. Inv. 4.12
.