precede
From LSJ
νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους → for I consider false words to be the foulest sickness
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
lead way for: P. and V. ἡγεῖσθαι (dat.).
occur before: P. προγίγνεσθαι πρό (gen.).