προκαταβάλλω
From LSJ
ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς → easy to spoil by means of sorcery or diverting or theft
English (LSJ)
A apply first, Heliod. ap. Orib.48.35.2 (Pass.):—also in Pass., to be swallowed first, Ph.1.320. II Med., lay the foundations of before, Id.2.476; θέατρον, οἰκοδομήματα, D.C.43.49, 57.10: metaph., τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς αἰτίας Andronic.Rhod.p.577 M.:—Pass., Ph.1.405, al. III Pass., to be previously overcome, exhausted, Gal.19.601.
