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to extend προήκω, to have gone before, be the first, ἀξιώσει [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34; χρήμασι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.23; χρόνῳ τῶν ἄλλων 2
before the time of tillage προηρόσιος,α,ον, (ἄροτος) A. before the time of tillage:προηροσία(sc.θυσία),ἡ, a festivalat that timecelebrated by Athens for the whole of Greece, Hyp. Fr. 75 , Lycurg. Fr.
front-door, door-way, πρόθυρ-ον,τό, A. front-door, door-way,esp. of the entrance to the αὐλή, ἐκ δ' ἔλασε προθύροιο καὶ αἰθούσης Il. 24.323 , cf. Od. 3.493 : pl., στῆ δ' . . ἐπὶ προθύροις Ὀδυσῆος,
a threshold πρόθυρ-ον, τό, front-door, door-way, especially of the entrance to the αὐλή, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔλασε προθύροιο καὶ αἰθούσης [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.323, compare 8th c.BC: Odysse
hold before, hold out, προί̈σχω, A. = προέχω ,hold before, hold out,of boys playing atποσίνδα, X. Eq.Mag. 5.10 :—mostly in Med. ,hold out before oneself, stretch forth, χεῖρας Th. 3.58 , 66 ; of
perch, προκαθ-ίζω, Ion. προκαθ-κατίζω, A. perch,of birds, Il. 2.463 . 2. sit in public, sit in state, ἐς θρόνον Hdt. 1.14 , cf. 97 ; ἐν τῆ βασιλείῳ ἕδρᾳ Hdn. 1.9.3 :— Med. , προκατίζεσθαι ἐς τ
leader, προκαθηγ-έτης,ου,ὁ, A. leader,epith. of gods, as Pan, IG 5(2).93 (Tegea); Hermes, BSA 16.107 (Pisidia); Apollo, Epigr.Gr. 1023.5 (Talmis): fem.προκαθηγ-έτις,ιδος, epith. of Athena, CIG 4332 (
subdue first, προκατ-εργάζομαι, A. subdue first, τινα D.C. 43.4 . 2. prepare beforehand, Thphr. CP 3.20.8 , al.;work up beforehand, τὸ ψυχικὸν πνεῦμα Gal. UP 8.10 ;doorperform beforehand, χρήσ
hold προκατ-έχω, A. holdorgain possession of beforehand, preoccupy, τὴν πόλιν Th. 4.105 ; τὸ ἄκρον X. HG 5.4.59 ; τὸν διάπλουν Plb. 1.61.1 ; τὰς παρόδους Plu. Nic. 26 ; διὰ τὸ προκατεσχῆσθαι
seizing in advance, προκατά-ληψις,εως,ἡ, A. seizing in advance, τῶν ἐκβολῶν Jul. Or. 2.74c . 2. preoccupation, anticipationof an adversary's arguments, Arist. Rh.Al. 1428a8 (pl.), 1432b11 ;ἐπὶ -λ
a, ranged in rows πρόκροσσοι,αι,α, orοι, A. a, ranged in rowsorranks,of ships on a narrow beach, Il. 14.35 ; πρόκροσσαι ὅρμεον τὸ ἐς πόντον καὶ ἐπὶ ὀκτὼ νέας Hdt. 7.188 ;πέριξ αὐτὸ(sc.τὸ χαλκήϊον)
roll before προκῠλινδ-έομαι, Pass. , A. roll beforeorat the feet of, prostrate oneself beforeanother, τοῖς ἰκτίνοις Ar. Av. 501 (cf. Sch.), Luc. DDeor. 6.2 ( v.l. -όμενον ) ; τινος D. 19.338 (nis
to premeditate προμελετάω, practise beforehand, ἃ δεῖλέγειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 117; τὴν μέθοδον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 218d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: w
foresight, forethought, προμήθ-εια, Dor. προμηθ-μάθεια [μᾱ], Ion. προμηθίη, in Trag.προμηθία(v. sub fin.):— A. foresight, forethought, σοφὸν ἡ προμηθίη Hdt. 3.36 , cf. Pi. N. 11.46 , I. 1.40 , T
to despoil προνομ-εύω, forage, plunder, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.27.2, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.1.18, 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 10.8, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Histo
make a prelude, preamble, προοιμι-άζομαι,pf. A. πεπροοιμίασμαι Luc. Nigr. 10 :—in Trag. contr. φροιμιάζομαι: both forms occur in Arist. and later Prose:aor. ἐφροιμιασάμην Arist. Po. 1460a10 :p
prominent, προπαλ-ής,ές, (πάλλω) A. prominent, ὀφθαλμοί Philostr. Gym. 25 , Adam. Phgn. 2.2 ,v.l. in Luc. Musc.Enc. 3 ; φάρυγξ Philostr. Gym. 30 ;ἀγγεῖα(blood-vessels)προπαλέσταταprob. forἀ. προ
to suffer before προπάσχω, suffer first or beforehand, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus
bespatter with mud, προπηλᾰκ-ίζω, Att. fut. A. -ιῶ Th. 6.54 : (apparently fromπήλαξ = πηλός , though neitherπήλαξnor the simpleπηλακίζωcertainly existed): —bespatter with mud,ortrample in the mi
transact beforehand, προπολῑτεύομαι, A. transact beforehand, τῶν πάντα τὰ καθήκοντα προπεπολιτευμένεν D.C. 52.21 :pf.also in pass. sense, τὰ προπεπολιτευμένα the previous measures of his governmen
work προπονέω, A. workorlabour beforehand, X. Cyr. 7.5.80 ; πολλά Luc. Vit.Auct. 23 ;τινιfor another, Id. Hist.Conscr. 16 . 2. work fororinstead ofanother,τινος X. An. 3.1.37 , Cyr. 8.2.2 . 3.
degeneration πρό-πτωσις, εως, ἡ, fall forwards, prolapse, ὑστέρας [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.70 (_plural_), compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.84, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.
prediction, prognosis, πρόρρ-ησις,εως,ἡ, A. prediction, prognosis, Hp. Prog. 15 (pl.), D.S. 12.36 , Plot. 3.1.2 , AP 11.382.21 ( Agath. ). II. previous instructionorwarning, Th. 1.49 . 2. proclam
cause to lean against, place against προσ-κλίνω [ῑ], A. cause to lean against, place against, βέλος προσέκλινε κορώνῃ Od. 21.138 , 165 :— Pass. ,πατρὸς ἐμοῖο θρόνος ποτικέκλῐται( Ep. and Dor. pf.