προαποθνήσκω
From LSJ
ἐπέμψατε ἀγγέλους τοῖς ἀλλήλοις ὥστε ἔγνωτε τὸν κίνδυνον → you sent messengers to one another so that you knew the danger
English (LSJ)
A die before or first, Hdt.2.1, App. Mith.117; π. τῆς γηραιοῦ τελευτῆς die before old age, Antipho 4.1.2; of a coward, π. ὑπὸ τοῦ φόβου, i.e. before his time, X.Cyr.3.1.25; π. τῷ δέει Ph.2.68; π. πρὶν ἐντὸς βέλους γενέσθαι Luc.Anach.25. II die on behalf or in defence of, ὑπὲρ τῆς βασιλείας Pl.Smp.208d; τῶν τέκνων Arist.EE1235a34; κύνες π. τῶν δεσποτῶν Ph.2.200.
German (Pape)
[Seite 708] (s. θνήσκω), vorher sterben; Plat. Conv. 208 d; ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου, Xen. Cyr. 3, 1, 25; τῆς γηραιοῦ τελευτῆς, vor dem Ende im hohen Alter, Antiph. 4 α 2, Folgde, wie Pol. 3, 12, 4; Plut. u. A.
