προκάθημαι, Ion.
προκαθηγ-κάτημαι, prop.pf.ofπροκαθέζομαι:—
A. to be seated before, π. τοσοῦτο πρὸ τῆς ἄλλης Ἑλλάδος lieso farin frontof Greece, of the Thessalians, Hdt. 7.172 .
2. c. gen.,to be seatedorlie beforea place, so as to defend it, ἐπὶ τῷ στόματι π. τῆς θαλάμης
Arist. HA 550b5
: hence, generally,protect, defend, τῶν ἑωυτοῦ, Ἰώνων,
Hdt. 8.36 , 9.106 , cf. Th. 8.76 , X. HG 5.2.4 ; τῆς Ῥώμης
Plb. 2.24.15
, al.; αἱ -καθήμεναι θεαὶ τῆς πόλεως
SIG 694.50
(Elaea,ii B. C.): rare in Poets,φυλακὴν . . στρατιᾶς π.,of sentinels, E. Rh. 6 (anap.).
II. preside over,
τὸ προκαθήμενον τῆς πόλεως
Pl. Lg. 758d