προΐσχω
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
English (LSJ)
A = προέχω, hold before, hold out, of boys playing at ποσίνδα, X.Eq.Mag.5.10:—mostly in Med., hold out before oneself, stretch forth, χεῖρας Th.3.58,66; of nurse and child, Gal.6.44, al.: c. gen., hold before, τῶν ὄψεων τὰς χεῖρας Plu.Pomp.71; τὸ ἱμάτιον τοῦ βιβλίου Id.Cat. Mi.19. 2 = προέχω B. 1, Hp.Art.30, Mochl.4. II metaph. in Med., put forward as a pretext, allege, π. πρόφασιν ὡς . . Hdt.4.165, cf. 6.137, 8.3; ξυγγένειαν Th.1.26; τὸν νόμον Plu.Alex.14, etc. 2 put forward as a demand, Hdt.1.3; propose, offer, ib.141, 164, Th. 4.87; ξείνι' ἀριστήεσσι A.R.4.1553. 3 hold out, ἐλπίδα Porph. Marc.4. 4 prosecute, Gloss.
German (Pape)
[Seite 726] (s. ἴσχω), = προέχω, vorhalten, hinhalten; Her. 4, 200, πρὸς τὸ δάπεδον, richtiger προσίσχω; vgl. Xen. Hipparch. 5, 10. – Med. vor sich hinhalten, χεῖρας προϊσχόμενοι, Thuc. 3, 58. 67, darreichen; τῶν ὄψεων τὰς χεῖρας, die Hände vor das Gesicht halten, Plut. Pomp. 71; ἔπεα, vortragen, Her. 1, 164. 3, 137; λόγον, 8, 111; τοῦτο, 1, 3. 141. 6, 10. 49; vgl. Thuc. 4, 87; auch πρόφασιν, vorgeben, vorschützen, Her. 6, 117. 8, 3. 9, 165 u. Sp., wie ὁ δὲ τὸ γῆρας προϊσχόμενος παρῃτήσατο Hdn. 4, 14, 3.
