;ὅπερ μάλιστα προὔχονται εἰ καθαιρεθείη, μὴ ἂν γίγνεσθαι τὸν πόλεμονthe cancellation of which is the chief consideration in return for which theypretendthat war would not occur, Th. 1.140 .
b. hold forth, offer,
ἃ προείχοντο αὐτοῖς
Id. 3.68
:προί̈σχομαι(q.v.) is more usual in this sense.
II. to be possessedorinformed ofa thingbeforehand,
π. τῶν Ἀθηναίων οὐ φιλίας γνώμας
Hdt. 9.4
, cf. D.S. 31.27 , D.C. 43.3 .
2. have before, ἃ προεῖχεν μισθῷ ὁ . . Πτολεμαῖος had hithertoon lease, BGU 889.9
π. τῶν Περσέων keep aheadof them by a day's march, Hdt. 4.120 ;προέχων τῶν ἄλλων [ὁ ἵππος]getting beforethe rest, Id. 9.22 ;τῇ κεφαλῇ π. beatby a head, in racing, X. Cyr. 4.3.16 : of Time,προεῖχε [ἡ τριήρης] ἡμέρᾳ καὶ νυκτί started firstby . . , Th. 3.49 ; π. εἴκοσιν ἔτεσιν
Pl. Lg. 879c
: metaph.,have the advantage of,
τινὸς τῷ διπλασίῳ
Antipho 3.3.2
.
2. of rank, c. gen.,δήμου προὔχουσιν they are the firstorchiefof the people, h.Cer. 151 ;τοῦ Δωρικοῦ, τοῦ Ἰωνικοῦ [γένεος], Hdt. 1.56 : abs.,to be superior,
Th. 1.39 , 3.82 ; ἀνθρωπεία φύσις πολεμία τοῦ προὔχοντος to all that is eminent,
Id. 3.84
;οἱ προὔχοντεςthechief men,
Id. 5.17 ;οἱ π. [βίοι] theprincipalkinds of lives, Arist. EN 1095b18 .