προανακόπτω
From LSJ
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
English (LSJ)
A cut away first, τὰς ἐμποδίους ὅλας J.BJ3.6.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 706] vorher abhauen, abschneiden, Ios.; vorher hindern, μή, Clem. Al. strom. 3, 12.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προανακόπτω: ἀποκόπτω, ἀφαιρῶ πρότερον, τὰς ἐμποδίους ὕλας Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Πόλ. 3. 6, 2. ΙΙ. μεταφ., ἐκεῖνο προανακόπτει μή..., ἐμποδίζει ἐκεῖνο ἀπὸ τοῦ νὰ μή..., Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 548.
