STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: πρόκειμαι

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to set before

πρόκειμαι,

used as passive of προτίθημι, to be set before one, ὀνείαθ᾽ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα the meats laid ready, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.91, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δαίς, δεῖπνον, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.211, 5.105; τὰ π. ἀγαθά [prev. author] 9.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄρτοι προκείμενοι shew-bread, [[ LXX.Exo.39.18 (36); τράπεζα π. [prev. work] 38.9 (37.10). ] LXX]

__2 lie exposed, ὁρέω παιδίον προκείμενον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a tuft of wool, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 702 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄτιμος ὧδε πρόκειμαι, says Ajax of himself, [[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 427 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1179; νομίζετε τὸν παῖδα τουτονὶ ἱκετηρίαν ὑμῖν προκεῖσθαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially lie dead, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 964 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1059 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προκείμενον νέκυν laid out for burial, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1012, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1101, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 537, “Av.” 474, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.34, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐξενεχθείς, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (also, to be buried first, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4.735 (from Eumenia), “MAMA” 4.357 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.AD)): _metaphorically_, πρὸς ὕβριν π.] Refs 3rd c.AD+] to be exposed to.., [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 33.15 (uncertain reading). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]

__3 to be set before competitors, as the prize of a contest, τοῖσι.. προὔκειτο μέγας τρίπος [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 312: hence, ] Refs 8th c.BC+]

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__3.b metaphorically, to be set before one, proposed, γνῶμαι τρεῖς προεκέατο three opinions were set forth, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83, compare 7.16. α; τοσούτων πέρι σκέψις πρόκειτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 533e, compare “Phdr.” 237c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τῷ συμβουλεύοντι σκοπὸς τὸ συμφέρον is proposed as a mark, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1362a17 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ προκειμένη ξυμμαγία the alliance which naturally offers, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of contests, πόνος τε καὶ ἀγὼν ἔσχατος ψυχῇ π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247b, compare “La.” 182a; καταγέλαστον.., ὃ πάλαι πρόκειται, τοῦτο πάλιν προτιθέναι [prev. author] “Euthd.” 279d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be extant, προοίμια π. [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 722e ] Refs]; frequently in participle, ὁ προκείμενος ἄεθλος the task set, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 4.10, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 259, 755; ἀγῶνος μεγίστου π. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60; ἆθλα π. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.47, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.2, etc.; τὸν π. πόνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1149; ἔχειν ἔργον π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ προκείμενα, opposed to μέλλοντα, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1334, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 984; so ξυμφορᾶς προκειμένης [prev. author] Alcaeus551 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ or τὸ π., the question under discussion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 457d, “La.” 184c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. πρῆγμα the matter in hand, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207: _impersonal_, περὶ σωτηρίας προκειμένου] Refs 5th c.BC+] when the question is concerning safety, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 401; πρόκειται ἡμῖν ζητεῖν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 54, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 7.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]