a riddle πρόβλημα, ατος, τό, (προβάλλω) anything thrown forward or projecting, πόντου π. ἁλίκλυστον sea-washed promontory, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1219 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+
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a riddle πρόβλημα, ατος, τό, (προβάλλω) anything thrown forward or projecting, πόντου π. ἁλίκλυστον sea-washed promontory, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1219 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+
forelands, headlands προ-βλής, ῆτος, ὁ, ἡ, thrown forward, jutting out, προβλῆτι σκοπέλῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.396; πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι 16.407; στήλας τε προβλῆτας 12.259; ἀκταὶ
spread, beaten out πρό-βλητος, ον, thrown forth or away, κυσὶν π. cast to the dogs, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 830. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] __II spread, beaten out into plates, ἀργύριον probab
to do beforehand προγίγνομαι, Ionic dialect and later προγεωργ-γίνομαι [ῑ]: future -γενήσομαι: aorist προὐγενόμην: perfect προγέγονα and -γεγένημαι:— come forward, οἱ δὲ τάχα προγένοντο quickly they
to know/choose προγιγνώσκω, Ionic dialect and later προγεωργ-γῑνώσκω: future -γνώσομαι: Epic dialect aorist infinitive προγνώμεναι [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 257 ] Refs]:—know, perceive, learn, or unders
foreknowledge πρό-γνωσις, εως, ἡ, foreknowledge, [[ LXX.Jdt.9.6, NT.Act.2.23, NT.1Pet.1.2. ] LXX+NT] __II perceiving beforehand, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.399d, 982c, 2
ancestral προγον-ικός, ή, όν, derived from parentage, ἀφορμή [[ 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.15 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; ancestral, πράξεις, δόξα, ἀρετή, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus
parent/ancestor πρόγον-ος, ον, (γίγνομαι, γέγονα) early-born, [ἄρνες], opposed to μέτασσαι, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.221, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.74, “SIG
to write/designate προγράφω [ᾰ], write before or first, τὰς αἰτίας προὔγραψα πρῶτον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; write before or above, [[NT.Eph.3.3; αἱ προγεγραμμέναι λ
obvious πρόδηλ-ος, ον, clear or manifest in front or beforehand, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Oxy.” 1789 “fragment” 1 ii4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.30, etc.; ἐμβολὴ π. ἥτις γίνοιτ᾽ ἂν ἁρμ
to give in advance προδίδωμι, give beforehand, pay in advance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.7, “IG” 22.1304.34] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προεδίδου conjecture for προ
traitor προ-δότης, ου, Doric dialect -ας, ὁ, betrayer, traitor, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.30, 144, 5th c.BC: Timocreon Lyricus 1.5, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πατρός, πατρίδος, [[ 5th c.BC:
forerunner πρόδρομ-ος, ον, running forward with headlong speed, π. ἦλθον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 211 (Lyric poetry); φυγάδα πρόδρομον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “
to foresee προεῖδον, aorist with no present in use, προοράω being used instead, participle προϊδών, infinitive προϊδεῖν:— look forward, ὀξὺ μάλα προϊδών [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”
to put forth first προεκ-φέρω, put out before, τὴν χεῖρα [[ LXX.Gen.38.28. ] LXX] __2 utter, pronounce before, [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 51. ] Refs 4th c.BC+] __I
to hope beforehand προελπίζω, hope for before, [[ 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 27.8, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 5.65a; προηλπικότες ἐν Χριστῷ NT.Eph.1.12 ] NT+3rd c.BC+]: generally, an
to begin beforehand προεν-άρχομαι, begin before, [[ NT.2Cor.8.6, 10. ] NT]
be involved in before προεν-έχομαι, passive, to be involved in before, τινι [[ LXX.2Mac.5.18. ] LXX]
to send out before προεξ-αποστέλλω, send out before, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.86.3, LXX.2Mac.12.21. ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]
to promise προεπ-αγγέλλω, announce before, ὡς μαντευσόμενοι [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.13; π. σφίσιν αὐτὸ τοῦθ᾽ ὅπως.. [prev. author] 40.32 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, εὐλογία -ηγγελμ
to predict προεῖπον (also -εῖπα[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.114.8), ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]aorist with no present in use, προλέγω and προαγορεύω being used, participle προειπών, infinitive προειπεῖν:
to predict προερέω, Attic dialect contraction προερῶ, serving as future to προεῖπον(which see): also perfect προείρηκα, passive -ημαι: aorist passive προερρήθην, contraction προὐρρήθην:— say beforeha
to go before προέρχομαι (πρόειμι serves as future), aorist προῆλθον: perfect προελήλῠθα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 113.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—go forward, advance, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historic
to prepare προετοιμ-άζω, get ready beforehand, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 18.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, prepare for one's own use or purpose, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.24 ] Refs 5th c.B