go first and lead the way,
προηγ-έομαι,
A. go first and lead the way,
Hdt. 2.48 , 7.40 , X. Lac. 13.2 , etc.;τινι fora person, i.e.guidehim, τῷ θεῷ
Ar. Pl. 1195
, cf. X. Cyr. 2.1.1 ;π. τὴν [ὁδόν] Id. An. 6.5.10 ; of troops,form the van,
Id. Cyr. 4.2.27 ;π. πᾶσι [τοῖς ποσίν]to haveallin front,
Arist. IA 714a4 .
b. precede logically, τινος
S.E. P. 1.210 .
2. c. gen.,take the lead of,
τῶν προόδων ἄλλους προόδους . . προηγεῖσθαι
X. Eq.Mag. 4.5
; π. τῆς πομπῆς
Plb. 12.13.11
; of the planets in retrograde motion,get ahead of,
ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων
Gem. 12.22
: later c. acc., ἀλλήλους π. τῇ τιμῇ
Ep.Rom. 12.10
:—c.inf.,προήγημαι τὴν τούτων ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι have taken the initiativein . . , BGU 1193.11
(i B.C.).
3. of things, τὸ πῦρ μὲν ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἱερῶν προηγεῖται goes before, precedes,
X. Lac. 13.3
; ῥάβδοι π. ἑκάστῳ
Plb. 6.53.8
.
4. pres. part. προηγούμενος,η,ον, going first, τὸ π. στράτευμαthevan,opp.οὐρά,
X. Ages. 2.2 ;preceding, foregoing,
Phld. Ir. p.94 W.; γράμματα
Plu. Pomp. 45
.
b. Math.,τὰ π. forwardpoints, i.e. those lying on the same side of the radius vector of a spiral as the direction of its motion, Archim. Spir. 11
Def. 6 ; ἁ π. εὐθεῖα
Id. Spir. 21
, 23 .
c. Astron.,τὰ π. ζῴδιαsignsleadingin the daily movement of the heavens, i.e.westerlysigns, opp.ἑπόμενα,
Gem. 1.5 , Theo Sm. p.147 H., etc.
d.
τὰ π. initial data, premisses,
Plb. 16.16.6
, Arr. Epict. 1.20.1 ; σημεῖα
Phld. Sign. 36
; φαντασίαι
M.Ant. 8.49
;π. οὐσία τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ given,i.e. external to the soul, Arr. Epict. 3.7.6 ;τὸ π.,opp.τὸ ἐπιγέννημα,ib. 7 ;τὰ π. originalsof paintings, Arist. Mu. 396b14 .
e. leading, principal, κατὰ π. λόγονaccording to aguidingprinciple, Zeno Stoic. 1.48 ;ὁ π. λόγος, τὸ π. ἔργον,
Arr. Epict. 1.20.14 , 2.5.4 ;σύν τινι προηγουμένῳin conjunction with apurpose,
Iamb. VP 27.131 , cf. Plot. 4.4.8 ; χειρὸς οὐσία μὲν ἡ σάρξ, προηγούμενα δὲ τὰ χειρὸς ἔργα
Arr. Epict. 3.7.24
, cf. 3.22.76 ;ὑπηρετικὰ ἄλλοις, οὐκ αὐτὰ π.ib. 2.8.6 ; so in Math.,π. θεώρημα leadingtheorem, opp.ἀντίστροφον,
Procl. in Euc. p.254F.
f. Medic.,π. αἴτιον predisposingcause, Ath.Med. ap. Gal. 15.112 , cf. 7.10 , al.;π. αἰτίαι antecedentcauses, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.264 .
5. aor. part.,ὁ -ησάμενοςtheformer ἡγεμών,
PLips. 63.6
(iv A.D.), etc.
