προεῖδον,
aorist with no present in use, προοράω being used instead, participle προϊδών, infinitive προϊδεῖν:— look forward, ὀξὺ μάλα προϊδών [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.393 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; see beforehand, catch sight of, μή πώς με προϊδὼν.. ἀλέηται [[ 4.396; ὅτε προΐδωσιν ἰόντα κίρκον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.756, compare 18.527, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, προΐδωνται [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.155; χαλεπὸς προϊδέσθαι καπρός 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 386 (variant{προσιδ-}). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 foresee, portend, κακότητος ἀνάγκας Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.140; ἐσσόμενον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.27: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 691b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.68, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II take thought for, ἡμέων οἰκοφθορημένων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν τι αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν ἀποβαινόντων) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.83:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —mostly in middle, προϊδόμενος (προειδομένους codices) αὐτῶν [[ [prev. author] 4.64; τοῦ μέλλοντος προϊδέσθαι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 45.19; ὅπως μὴ.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.17; προϊδέσθαι ὑπέρ τινος [prev. author] 23.134 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν τοῦ χωρίου προείδετο did not worry about.., [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.13. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]