προκαθ-ίστημι,
appoint beforehand, ἄρχειν αὐτὸν τῶν σωματοφυλάκων.. προκαταστήσας [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 58.9. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 middle, φύλακας προκαθιστάμενοι causing them to be posted in front, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 6.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 middle, prepare or arrange before, προκαταστήσασθαι τὸν λόγον [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 5.2 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: absolutely, establish before, προκαταστήσασθαι ὅτι.. [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.379, cf. Anonymus Lond.38.55, Theo Sm.p.120 H. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II passive, with aorist 2 and perfect active, intransitive, to be set before, φυλακῆς μὴ προκαθεστηκυίας no guard having been set, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.8.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 to be established before, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 11.41. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]