προΐσχεσθαι
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also: προΐσχω) hold in front of one, urge as a pretext, hold out as an excuse, urge in excuse, hold out as a pretext
Lexicon Thucydideum
praetendere, proferre, to hold forth, put forward, 1.26.3,
porrigere, to hold out, extend, 3.58.3, 3.66.2. 3.67.5.
proponere, to propose, 4.87.2, [praeterea vulgo moreover in the common texts 3.68.1, ubi nunc where now προείχοντο.]
