προκαθ-ίημι,
A. let down beforehand,
εἰς τὴν βαλανοδόκην βρόχον
Aen.Tact. 18.9
: metaph.,εἰς ταραχὴν π. πόλιν plungethe city into confusion, D. 14.5 ;π. τινὰ ἐξαπατᾶν puta personforwardin order to deceive, Id. 19.77 ;π. τὸν λόγον, τὴν δόξαν, spreaditbefore,
D.C. 58.9 (prob.), Aristid. 1.482J. :— Pass. , ἐπὶ τῷ ὕδατι τὰ σκεύη προκαθεῖτο
D.C. 62.15
.