προαναιρέω
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
English (LSJ)
A take away before, ἢν μή με προανέλῃ τὸ γῆρας Isoc.12.34; τοὺς χρόνους π. τῆς πόλεως D.19.183; ἃ ἐροῦσι π. refute by anticipation, Arist.Rh.1418b11; kill, destroy first, ἀδελφὸν φαρμάκοις J.AJ 15.4.1, cf. Plu.Caes.28, Luc.JTr.25, App.Mith.48, Ach. Tat.3.4; τῆς αἰσθήσεως προανελὼν τὸ αἰσθανόμενον, i.e. πρὸ τῆς αἰσθήσεως, Plu.2.517a:—Pass., Id.2.820f, Hld.9.24. II Med., catch first, [τὴν σφαῖραν] Poll.9.104. III Pass., to be chosen as a representative, IG12(7).22.5 (Amorgos, iii B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 706] (s. αἱρέω), vorher auf- und wegnehmen, wegschaffen; τοὺς χρόνους εἰ μὴ προανεῖλε τῆς πόλεως, Dem. 19, 183; Arist. rhet. 3, 17; ἢν μή με προανέλῃ τὸ γῆρας, vorher hinraffen, Isocr. 12, 34; auch = tödten, Plut. comp. Pelop. 1.
