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|Full diacritics=προοιμιάζομαι
|Medium diacritics=προοιμιάζομαι
|Low diacritics=προοιμιάζομαι
|Capitals=ΠΡΟΟΙΜΙΑΖΟΜΑΙ
|Transliteration A=prooimiázomai
|Transliteration B=prooimiazomai
|Transliteration C=prooimiazomai
|Beta Code=prooimia/zomai
|Definition=pf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πεπροοιμίασμαι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>10</span>:—in Trag. contr. φροιμιάζομαι: both forms occur in Arist. and later Prose: aor. ἐφροιμιασάμην <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1460a10</span>: pf. <b class="b3">πεφροιμίασμαι</b> in pass. sense (v. infr.):—<b class="b2">make a prelude, preamble</b>, or <b class="b2">preface</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1354</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 4.2.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>723c</span>; π. μακρῶς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1416b33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1415b24</span>, Phld. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1.56S., al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c.acc., <b class="b2">say by way of preface, premise</b>, τί φροιμιάζῃ νεοχμόν; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1162</span>; περὶ οὗ τοσαῦτα προοιμιάζομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>179a</span>, cf. Thphr.<span class="title">Char.Praef.</span>4; <b class="b3">τούτους . . φροιμιάζομαι θεούς</b> <b class="b2">begin by invoking</b> them, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>20</span>: c.dat.modi, δάκρυσι <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>13.173d</span>: pf. in pass. sense, πεφροιμίασται τὰ νῦν εἰρημένα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1325b33</span>; <b class="b3">ταῦτα ἔστω πεφροιμιασμένα τῷ λόγῳ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1323b37</span>; πεφροιμιάσθω ταῦτα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span> 1095a12</span>; ἐν τοῖς πεφροιμιασμένοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>995b5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">begin</b>, ἐντεῦθεν <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>9.120c</span>: metaph., <b class="b2">inaugurate</b>, τὴν βασιλείαν τρισχιλίων πολιτῶν φόνῳ <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.6.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.36.2</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0737.png Seite 737]] dep. med., = [[φροιμιάζομαι]], ein Vorspiel, eine Vorrede, einen Anfang machen, bevorworten, einleiten; περὶ οὗ [[πάλαι]] τοσαῦτα [[προοιμιάζομαι]], Plat. Lach. 178 b; προοιμιασάμεθα, Legg. IV, 724 a; λέγειν ἀρχόμενος ὧδε προοιμιάσεται, Xen. Mem. 4, 3, 2; Folgde; das perf. πεπροοιμίασται hat Luc. Nigr. 10 in passiver Bdtg.
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