preliminary
From LSJ
προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
a preliminary examination before a magistrate: P. ἀνάκρισις, ἡ.
preliminary decree: P. προβούλευμα, τό.
preliminary remarks: P. and V. προοίμιον, τό, V. φροίμιον, τό.
mention as a preliminary, v.: P. and V. ὑπειπεῖν (2nd aor.).
they find most of the preliminaries already compleled by their partisans: P. καταλαμβάνουσι τὰ πλεῖστα τοῖς ἑταίροις προειργασμένα (Thuc. 8, 65).
