προκαταταχέω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
A to be beforehand, get the start of another, τινος S.E.M.10.145 sq.; with v.l. προκατατᾰχύνω, ib.153:—Pass., of ships, -ταχούμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ ῥεύματος Gem.12.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 729] durch Zuvorkommen einnehmen, S. Emp. adv. phys. 2, 145, öfter; ib. 153 ist προκαταταχύνω v. l.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
προκατατᾰχέω: προφθάνω ταχύτερον, προλαμβάνω, προηγοῦμαι, τινος Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. π. Μ. 10. 145 κἑξ.· αὐτόθι 153, ὑπάρχει διάφορ. γραφ. προκατατᾰχύνω.
