προηγ-έομαι,
go first and lead the way, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48, 7.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.2, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι for a person, i.e. guide him, τῷ θεῷ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1195, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὴν [ὁδόν] [[ [prev. author] “An.” 6.5.10 ] Refs]; of troops, form the van, [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.2.27 ] Refs]; π. πᾶσι [τοῖς ποσίν] to have all in front, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 714a4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__b precede logically, τινος [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.210. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 with genitive, take the lead of, τῶν προόδων ἄλλους προόδους.. προηγεῖσθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 4.5; π. τῆς πομπῆς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.13.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the planets in retrograde motion, get ahead of, ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων [[ 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 12.22: later with _accusative_, ἀλλήλους π. τῇ τιμῇ NT.Rom.12.10:—with ] NT+1st c.BC+]infinitive, προήγημαι τὴν τούτων ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι have taken the initiative in.., [[ “BGU” 1193.11 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 of things, τὸ πῦρ μὲν ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἱερῶν προηγεῖται goes before, precedes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 13.3; ῥάβδοι π. ἑκάστῳ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.53.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]