προτάσσω,
Attic dialect προτάττω, 2 aorist passive προετάγην [ᾰ] [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 306.16 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— place or post in front, σφᾶς αὐτοὺς π. πρὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων put themselves in front of them, so as to defend them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.107 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σφῶν αὐτῶν Ἀστύμαχον put him at their head, as speaker, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.52:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, προετάξαντο τῆς φάλαγγος τοὺς ἱππέας posted the horse in front of it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, stand before one, so as to protect, ἄναξ, προτάσσου [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 835 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ προταχθέν the front rank, van, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.37; οἱ προτεταγμένοι [prev. author] “HG” 2.4.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1340; προταχθέντες ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.99 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in documents, ὁ -τεταγμένος the aforesaid, [[ POxy. 1112.18 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 class as prior, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.1.25 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; prefer, τί τινος [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 546. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 Grammars, prefix, [[ 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 631.7 (_passive_), etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; προτάσσεται τῷ ῥήματι καὶ ὑποτάσσεται [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 116.6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II appoint or determine beforehand, χρόνον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 164; ἆθλον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 956b17, 20 (_active_ and _passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, προτεταγμένοι [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 1.5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]