προηγέομαι

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   A go first and lead the way, Hdt.2.48, 7.40, X.Lac.13.2, etc.; τινι for a person, i.e. guide him, τῷ θεῷ Ar.Pl.1195, cf. X.Cyr. 2.1.1; π. τὴν [ὁδόν] Id.An.6.5.10; of troops, form the van, Id.Cyr.4.2.27; π. πᾶσι [τοῖς ποσίν] to have all in front, Arist.IA714a4.    b precede logically, τινος S.E.P.1.210.    2 c. gen., take the lead of, τῶν προόδων ἄλλους προόδους . . προηγεῖσθαι X.Eq.Mag.4.5; π. τῆς πομπῆς Plb.12.13.11; of the planets in retrograde motion, get ahead of, ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων Gem.12.22: later c. acc., ἀλλήλους π. τῇ τιμῇ Ep.Rom.12.10:—c. inf., προήγημαι τὴν τούτων ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι have taken the initiative in... BGU1193.11 (i B.C.).    3 of things, τὸ πῦρ μὲν ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἱερῶν προηγεῖται goes before, precedes, X.Lac. 13.3; ῥάβδοι π. ἑκάστῳ Plb.6.53.8.    4 pres. part. προηγούμενος, η, ον, going first, τὸ π. στράτευμα the van, opp. οὐρά, X.Ages.2.2; preceding, foregoing, Phld.Ir.p.94 W.; γράμματα Plu.Pomp.45.    b Math., τὰ π. forward points, i.e. those lying on the same side of the radius vector of a spiral as the direction of its motion, Archim.Spir. 11 Def.6; ἁ π. εὐθεῖα Id.Spir.21,23.    c Astron., τὰ π. ζῴδια signs leading in the daily movement of the heavens, i.e. westerly signs, opp. ἑπόμενα, Gem.1.5, Theo Sm.p.147 H., etc.    d τὰ π. initial data, premisses, Plb.16.16.6, Arr.Epict.1.20.1; σημεῖα Phld.Sign.36; φαντασίαι M.Ant.8.49; π. οὐσία τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ given, i.e. external to the soul, Arr.Epict.3.7.6; τὸ π., opp. τὸ ἐπιγέννημα, ib.7; τὰ π. originals of paintings, Arist.Mu.396b14.    e leading, principal, κατὰ π. λόγον according to a guiding principle, Zeno Stoic.1.48; ὁ π. λόγος, τὸ π. ἔργον, Arr.Epict.1.20.14, 2.5.4; σύν τινι προηγουμένῳ in conjunction with a purpose, Iamb.VP27.131, cf. Plot.4.4.8; χειρὸς οὐσία μὲν ἡ σάρξ, προηγούμενα δὲ τὰ χειρὸς ἔργα Arr.Epict.3.7.24, cf. 3.22.76; ὑπηρετικὰ ἄλλοις, οὐκ αὐτὰ π. ib.2.8.6; so in Math., π. θεώρημα leading theorem, opp. ἀντίστροφον, Procl.in Euc.p.254F.    f Medic., π. αἴτιον predisposing cause, Ath.Med. ap. Gal.15.112, cf. 7.10, al.; π. αἰτίαι antecedent causes, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.264.    5 aor. part., ὁ -ησάμενος the former ἡγεμών, PLips.63.6(iv A.D.), etc.