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|Definition=fut. προστήσω: aor. 1 [[προὔστησα]], part. [[προστήσας]], inf. [[προστῆσαι]].<br><span class="bld">A</span> Causal in these tenses, as also in pres. and aor. 1 Med., [[set before]], once in Hom., προστήσας [σε] πρὸ Ἀχαιῶν Τρωσὶ μάχεσθαι Il.4.156: c. gen., <b class="b3">π. τὸ σῶμα τοῦ σκοποῦ</b> [[put]] his body [[in the way]], Antipho 3.2.4 (dub. l.), cf. Plb.1.33.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[set over]], <b class="b3">ὃν ἡ πόλις ἀξιοῖ αὑτῆς προϊστάναι</b>, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[προεστάναι]], Pl.''La.''197d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[exhibit publicly]], [[prostitute]], π. ἐπ' οἰκημάτων D.Chr.7.133.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Med., mostly aor. 1, [[put another before oneself]], [[choose as one's leader]], Hdt.1.123, 4.80: c. gen., προΐστασθαι τουτονὶ ἑαυτοῦ [[take as one's guardian]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 565c, cf. 442a (cj.), 599a, D.59.37; σφῶν αὐτῶν προὐστήσαντο τιμωρὸν γενέσθαι Κηφίσιον And.1.139; στρατηγόν τινα τοῦ πολέμου π. [[Demosthenes|D.]] ''[[Prooemia|Prooem.]]'' 21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[put before one]], [[put in front]], σκίπωνα προστήσασθαι Hdt.4.172; τὰ ἅρματα X.''HG''4.1.18; <b class="b3">τὴν χεῖρα</b>, so as to shade the eyes, Arist.''Pr.''960a21.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[put forward as an excuse]] or [[put forward as a pretence]], [[use as a screen]], τί τάδε προὐστήσω λόγῳ; E.''Cyc.''319; τὰ τῶν Ἀμφικτυόνωνδόγματα προστήσασθαι D.5.19, etc.: c. gen., [τὴν ἀτυχίαν] τῆς κακουργίας προϊστάμενος Antipho 2.3.1; τοῦ ἀγῶνος τὴν πρὸς ἔμ' ἔχθραν προΐσταται D.18.15.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">προστησώμεθα Τύρταιον</b> [[put]] him [[forward]], [[cite]] him as an [[authority]], Pl.''Lg.''629a.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[prefer]], [[value above]], ὦτα τοῦ νοῦ προστησάμενοι Id.''R.''531b.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[establish]] a thing [[before]] another, <b class="b3">τοὺς ἀριθμοὺς τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτῶν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῶν ὄντων</b>) Plot.6.6.15, cf. Procl.''Inst.''133.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[manifest]], ib.195, al.<br><span class="bld">B</span> Pass., with aor. 2 Act. [[προὔστην]]: pf. [[προέστηκα]], 2pl. προέστατε Hdt.5.49; inf. [[προεστάναι]], part. [[προεστώς]] (v. infr.): fut. pf. [[προεστήξομαι]], v. infr. 11.2:—aor. Pass. [[προεστάθην]], v. infr.11.3:—[[come forward]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for προσ- in D.60.15.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c.acc., [[approach]] as a [[suppliant]], ἥ σε… λιπαρεῖ προὔστην χερί S.''El.''1378; <b class="b3">προστῆναι μέσην τράπεζαν</b> dub. in Id.''Fr.''660.1 (fort. [[προσβῆναι]]):—in Hdt.1.86, [[προσστῆναι]] is restored.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. dat., [[stand so as to face]] another, σοὶ γὰρ αἴας πολέμιος προὔστη ποτέ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1133:—in Hdt.1.129, [[προσστάς]] is restored.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[stand in public]], [[be a prostitute]], Aeschin.''Ep.''7.3, Vett. Val.16.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen., to [[be set over]], [[be at the head of]], τῆς Ἑλλάδος Hdt.1.69, 5.49; τῶν Ἀρκάδων τοὺς προεστεῶτας Id.6.74; esp. to [[be chief of a party]] or [[be leader of a party]], <b class="b3">τῶν παράλων, τῶν ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου</b>, Id.1.59; τοῦ δήμου Id.3.82, Th.3.70, Lys. 13.7; ἡμῶν Ar.''V.''419; τῆς πόλεως Th.2.65; <b class="b3">π. αὐτῶν</b> to be their [[ringleader]], X.''An.''6.2.9; <b class="b3">π. χοροῦ, στρατεύματος</b>, Id.''Mem.''3.4.3; <b class="b3">π. τῶν πολιτειῶν</b> [[head]] the respective parties in the state, Lys.25.9, etc.: abs., οἱ [[προεστῶτες]], Ion. [[προεστεῶτες]], the [[leading men]], τῶν σκυθέων Hdt.4.79, cf. Th.3.11, etc.; οἱ προεστηκότες ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι X.''HG'' 3.5.1; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐν ταῖς</b> πόλεσι προστάντες Th.3.82; τῷ προεστῶτι καὶ ἄρχοντι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 428e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in various relations, [[govern]], [[direct]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ὀρθῶς σεωυτοῦ προέστηκας</b> [[you]] do not [[manage]] yourself well, Hdt.2.173; π. τῆς μεταβολῆς Th.8.75; τοῦ ἱεροῦ X.''HG''3.2.31; τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ βίου Id.''Mem.''3.2.2; τοῦ πράγματος D.30.18; προεστήξομαι τῆς χωνεύσεως ''PCair.Zen.''481.9 (iii B. C.); [[ἐργασία]]ς, [[τέχνη]]ς, Plu.''Per.''24, Ath.13.612a; π. ἐνδόξου καὶ καλῆς αἱρέσεως ''OGI''219.3 (Ilium, iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[stand before]] so as to [[guard]], οἱ δορυφόροι Μασίστεω προέστησαν Hdt.9.107, cf. E. ''Heracl.''306, etc.: hence, [[support]], [[succour]], πρόστητ' ἀναγκαίας τύχης [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''803; <b class="b3">ὁ προστὰς τῆς εἰρήνης</b> the [[champion]] of [[peace]], Aeschin.2.161; <b class="b3">πάντων προστᾶσα [δύναμις]</b> Pl.''Ti.''25b; <b class="b3">π. τινός</b> to [[be]] his [[protector]], ''GDI''1726.6 (Delph., ii B. C.), ''PFay.''13.5 (ii B. C.); τῆς ἐναντίας π. γνώμης Plb.5.5.8; τοῖσιν ἐχθροῖς προὐστήτην φόνου were the [[author]]s of…, S.''El.''980; <b class="b3">π. [νόσου]</b> E.''Andr.''221: abs., βέλεα… ἀρωγὰ προσταθέντα S.''OT''206(lyr.).