προσείειν
From LSJ
ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also προσείω): shake in front of one, wave in front of one
Lexicon Thucydideum
ante agitare (ut facem), to brandish before (as a torch), VI.