προκαθίζω
Cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet → May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well.
English (LSJ)
Ion. προ-κατίζω,
A perch, of birds, Il.2.463. 2 sit in public, sit in state, ἐς θρόνον Hdt.1.14, cf. 97; ἐν τῆ βασιλείῳ ἕδρᾳ Hdn. 1.9.3:—Med., προκατίζεσθαι ἐς τὸ προάστιον Hdt.5.12. 3 settle before, εἰς τὸν Ἰσθμόν Plb.20.6.8; ἐπὶ τῆς διαβάσεως Id.Fr.43:—Med., Arist.Pr.946b36, Plb.10.49.1. 4 c. gen., sit before, to be chief of, τῆς Ἠπείρου Id.20.3.3; have precedence of, τινος Luc.JTr.9. II trans., π. ἐνέδρας lay ambushes beforehand, Aen.Tact.15.9. 2 set as guards, τινὰς ὡς ἐπὶ Τυρρηνίας Plb.2.24.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 727] (s. καθίζω), ion. προκατίζω, vorn od. davor niedersitzen, sich niederlassen, Il. 2, 463; draußen öffentliche Sitzung halten, Her. 1, 97; ἐς τὸν θρόνον, 1, 14, u. so auch im med., προκατίζεσθαι εἰς τὸ προάστειον, 5, 12, übh. = προκάθημαι, z. B. τῆς Ἠπείρου, Pol. 20, 3, 3; u. med., 10, 49, 1, Luc. Pisc. 42, – transit. vorsetzen, τούτους ὡς ἐπὶ Τυῤῥηνίας προεκάθισαν, Pol. 2, 24, 6.