πρόκειμαι

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δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world

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Transliteration A: prókeimai Transliteration B: prokeimai Transliteration C: prokeimai Beta Code: pro/keimai

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used as Pass. of προτίθημι,

   A to be set before one, ὀνείαθ' ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα the meats laid ready, Il.9.91, al.; π. δαίς, δεῖπνον, Hdt.1.211, 5.105; τὰ π. ἀγαθά Id.9.82; ἄρτοι προκείμενοι shew-bread, LXX Ex.39.18 (36); τράπεζα π. ib.38.9 (37.10).    2 lie exposed, ὁρέω παιδίον προκείμενον Hdt.1.111; of a tuft of wool, S.Tr.702; ἄτιμος ὧδε πρόκειμαι, says Ajax of himself, Id.Aj.427 (lyr.), cf. E.Tr. 1179; νομίζετε τὸν παῖδα τουτονὶ ἱκετηρίαν ὑμῖν προκεῖσθαι D.43.83; esp. lie dead, A.Th.964 (lyr.), S.Aj.1059; προκείμενον νέκυν laid out for burial, E.Alc.1012, cf. S.Ant.1101, Ar.Ec.537, Av.474, Antipho 6.34, Luc.Luct.12; opp. ἐξενεχθείς, Lys.Fr.23 (also, to be buried first, IGRom.4.735 (Eumenia), MAMA4.357 (ibid., iii A.D.)): metaph., πρὸς ὕβριν π. to be exposed to... D.S.33.15 (dub.l.).    3 to be set before competitors, as the prize of a contest, τοῖσι . . προὔκειτο μέγας τρίπος Hes.Sc.312: hence,    b metaph., to be set before one, proposed, γνῶμαι τρεῖς προεκέατο three opinions were set forth, Hdt.3.83, cf. 7.16.α'; τοσούτων πέρι σκέψις πρόκειτα Pl.R.533e, cf. Phdr.237c; π. τῷ συμβουλεύοντι σκοπὸς τὸ συμφέρον is proposed as a mark, Arist. Rh.1362a17; ἡ προκειμένη ξυμμαγία the alliance which naturally offers, Th.1.35; freq. of contests, πόνος τε καὶ ἀγὼν ἔσχατος ψυχῇ π. Pl.Phdr.247b, cf.La.182a; καταγέλαστον... ὃ πάλαι πρόκειται, τοῦτο πάλιν προτιθέναι Id.Euthd.279d; to be extant, προοίμια π. Id.Lg.722e; freq. in part., ὁ προκείμενος ἄεθλος the task set, Hdt.1.126, 4.10, cf. A.Pr. 259,755; ἀγῶνος μεγίστου π. Hdt.9.60; ἆθλα π. Lys.1.47, X.Cyr.2.3.2, etc.; τὸν π. πόνον E.Alc.1149; ἔχειν ἔργον π. Pl.R.407a; τὰ προκείμενα, opp. μέλλοντα, S.Ant.1334, cf. E.Rh.984; so ξυμφορᾶς προκειμένης Id.Alc.551; τὸ π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ or τὸ π., the question under discussion, Pl.Grg.457d, La.184c, etc.; τὸ π. πρῆγμα the matter in hand, Hdt. 1.207: impers., περὶ σωτηρίας προκειμένου when the question is concerning safety, Ar.Ec.401; πρόκειται ἡμῖν ζητεῖν Luc.Par.54, cf. D.H. Rh.7.5.    4 to be set forth, settled, prescribed, appointed, ἔργων ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται S.OT865 (lyr.); π. σημήϊα Hdt.2.38; αἱ προκείμεναι ἡμέραι the prescribed days, ib.87; ὀγδώκοντα ἔτεα ξόης πλήρωμα ἀνδρὶ προκεῖσθαι Id.3.22; ἀναγκαίη π. Id.1.11; τὸ θανεῖν . . πᾶσι πρόκειται prob. in IG12(1).146 (Rhodes); of laws, νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς π. S.Ant.481; of punishments, στέρεσθαι κρατὸς ἦν προκείμενον A.Pers. 371; φόνον π. δημόλευστον S.Ant.36; πολλῶν [ἁμαρτημάτων] θανάτου ζημίαι π. Th.3.45.    5 to be first stated, οὐ πρόκειται τοῦ λόγου τὸ τί ἐστιν Arist.Top.142b24.    II lie before, lie in front of, c. gen., Αἴγυπτος προκειμένη τῆς ἐχομένης γῆς projecting further than, Hdt.2.12, cf. 4.99; ( codd.) προὔκειτο μαστῶν περονίς where was set a brooch before her breasts, S.Tr.925; πρὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων π. τὰ παραφράγματα Pl.R.514b; Ἐφέσου τεὰ τόξα πρόκειται Call.Dian.258; οἱ προκείμενοι τῶν στοῶν πύργοι Plb.1.48.2: abs., of a cape, island, etc., ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ π. χωρίον X.An.6.4.3; τὰ προκείμενα τῆς χώρας ὄρη Id.Mem. 3.5.27; παρὰ ἤπειρον νῆσος π. Id.Ath.2.13, etc.    2 bulge, project, ἡ γαστὴρ πρόκειται Hp.Mul.1.3.    III precede, γράμμα π. an initial letter, AP11.426; ἐν τοῖς π. in the preceding pages, A.D.Synt. 138.4; ὡς πρόκειται ib.32.17, freq. in Pap., POxy.271.15 (i A. D.), etc.; προκείμενον a preceding word, A.D.Pron.39.25, al.; χρόνος ὁ προκείμενος date as above, PTeb.397.34 (ii A. D.); τοῦ π. ἔτους in the aforesaid year, PAmh.50.11 (ii B.C.); ἡ π. βοτάνη above-mentioned, PMag.Par.1.779, cf. Gal.12.455 (but οἱ π. θεοί represented on this monument, OGI663.2 (Egypt, i A. D.)).    2 τὸ π. αὐτοῦ μόριον from which it is derived (ὥς from ὅς), A.D.Adv.171.8.