προκατα-λαμβάνω,
seize beforehand, occupy in advance, especially by a military force, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2, 3.112, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.16, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.27.5, “SIG” 742.7 (Ephesus, 1st c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.:—passive, to be so occupied, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.89. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, preoccupy, τὸ βῆμα [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.71; τὰ κοινὰ καὶ φιλάνθρωπα τῶν ὀνομάτων [prev. work]248; τὰ Φιλίππου ὦτα [prev. author] 2.108 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πράγματα προκατειλημμένα, by the previous speakers, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.74. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 apprehend before, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.183; -λαμβάνεται τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ σημειωτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.169; -ειλημμένον πρόσωπον 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 26.13 (-ειλεγμένον] Refs 2nd c.AD+] is falsa lectio here and in [[ “Adv.” 157.26). ] Refs]
__4 passive, of events, to be predetermined, ὑπὸ τῆς εἱμαρμένης [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus 3.51, compare 2.20. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, prevent, anticipate, frustrate, τῶν πόλεων τὰς ἀποστάσεις [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.57; π. ὅπως μὴ.. [prev. author] 3.46, 6.18: _absolutely_, [prev. author] 3.2, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. καὶ ἀπειλεῖν, of the legislator, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 853b; in speaking, π. τὰ ἐπίδοξα λέγεσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1443a6, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, anticipate or surprise them, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ χειμῶνος -λαβόντος [αὐτόν] [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.8.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, π. τινά [[ [prev. author] 5.36.8; π. τὰς νόσους 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.82, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] middle in [[ “Rh.Mus.” 58.92:] Refs] — passive, τῶν.. προκατειλημμένων κατηγορημάτων the charges that have been anticipated, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be surprised, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.18.6 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; -ληφθέντες ἀναλαμβάνονται if taken in time they recover, [[ 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.7. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]