προαιρ-έω,
future -ήσω[[ 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 108.26: ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist προεῖλον:—bring forth, produce from one's stores, προαιρούσαις λαθεῖν (probable reading) ἄλφιτον, ἔλαιον κτλ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 419; ἰσχάδας 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 68; τὸν σῖτον.. ἐντεῦθεν προαιροῦντας πωλεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.90; ἐκ τοῦ ταμιείου 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.6, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 15, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 17, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 1.with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II mostly middle, late imperfect ἐπροῃρούμην [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.72 codices: ] Refs 1st c.AD+]future -αιρήσομαι: aorist -ειλόμην: perfect passive (in middle sense) -ῄρημαι (see. below):—take away first for oneself, [ἀστραγάλους] ἐκ φορμίσκων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 206e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; remove, Ῥωμαίων τὰς ἀφορμάς [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.29.1. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.b elect previously, τινὰς ἐκ τοῦ πλήθους [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1298b27 (assuming variant); προελομένου τοῦ δήμου θεωρούς “Inscription Prien.” 108.152 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 prefer, τοῦ παρόντος κινδύνου τὸν μέλλοντα [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.8.6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: but mostly followed by a preposition, πρὸ τοῦ κεκινημένου τὸν σώφρονα προαιρεῖσθαι φίλον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245b; ἀντὶ ἀρετῆς.. οὐδ᾽ ἂν τὰ Σύρων.. πάντα προέλοιντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.12; κριτικήν τινα [ἐπιστήμην] ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων προειλόμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 292b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]