προϋπ-άρχω,
take the initiative in a thing, with genitive, ἀδικίας [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, τῆς ἔχθρας, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.36,125: with _dative_, π. τῷ ποιεῖν εὖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with neuter adjective, π. τι ἔς τινα [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.34:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, τὰ προϋπηργμένα εἰς αὑτόν benefits formerly received, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.25, compare “OGI” 244.8 (Daphne, 2nd c.BC), 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 7p.429M.; but also προϋπηργμένα ἀδικήματα 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 4.5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, exist before, be pre-existent, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.85, 4.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317d, “PLille” 1v4 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ νόμοι οἱ προϋπάρχοντες [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b20, compare “SIG” 526.31 (Itanos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν σωμάτων αὔξησις ἐκ προϋπαρχόντων ἐστίν from pre-existent materials, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1419b22; πᾶσα μάθησις ἐκ προϋπαρχούσης γίνεται γνώσεως [prev. author] “APo.” 0.71a1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; προϋπάρξαντα things that happened before, past events, variant for{πρὶν ὑπ}. in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ προϋπάρχοντα former possessions, [[ 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 31, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.38 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἱ π. ὕπατοι the previous consuls, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.106.2: ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]perfect passive, τὰ προϋπηργμένα antecedents, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.262, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1367b13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἰκειότης, χάρις προϋπηργμένη, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 1.29, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “Synt.” 132.21. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]