πρόκριτος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A chosen before others, select, Pl.R.537d, Lg.945b: esp. of a preliminary list of selected candidates, κληρωτοὶ ἐκ προκρίτων Arist.Pol.1298b9, cf. Ath.8.1, Decr.ib.30.2; π. ἢ .. chosen rather than... AP5.257 (Paul. Sil.).    II at Rome, π., = princeps, D.C.57.8; π. τῆς γερουσίας, = princeps senatus, Id.53.1, cf. 46.20; π. τῆς νεότητος, = princeps juventutis, Id.78.17 (also π. τῆς ἱππάδος Id.71.35); π. (sc. τῶν γραμματοφόρων), = princeps peregrinorum, prob. in Id.78.14 (πρόκοιτος codd.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 731] vorher untersucht, vorher erwählt; Plat. Rep. VII, 537 d; Dem. 59, 75. – Bei Sp. entspricht es dem lat. princeps, wie D. Cass. 57, 8.