προτείνω,
stretch out before, hold before, τὸν χαλινόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.11 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὁ ναυτίλος] π. τὰς πλεκτάνας [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 525a28. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 expose to danger, ψυχὴν.. προτείνων [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1270. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, hold out as a pretext or excuse, π. πρόφασιν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.156; σκῆψιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1067; θεούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 992; παιδὸς θάνατον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 428 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, π. τὴν ἡλικίαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 317c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II stretch forth, hold out, χεῖρα, as a suppliant, [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 130; τὰς χεῖρας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.45, 7.233 (for punishment, 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 2.2); φύλλον οἱ ἱκέται προτείνουσι 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.275a (προτιμῶσι 275)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; also προτείνει χεὶρ ἐκ χερὸς ὀρέγματα [[(2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus for ὀρεγόμενα) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1110 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἑαυτόν leaning forward, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 449b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence intransitive, stretch forward, προτείνουσα εἰς τὸ πέλαγος [ἄκρα] [[ [prev. author] “Criti.” 111a, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.29.2, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]