προκαθίζω
English (LSJ)
Ion. προ-κατίζω,
A perch, of birds, Il.2.463. 2 sit in public, sit in state, ἐς θρόνον Hdt.1.14, cf. 97; ἐν τῆ βασιλείῳ ἕδρᾳ Hdn. 1.9.3:—Med., προκατίζεσθαι ἐς τὸ προάστιον Hdt.5.12. 3 settle before, εἰς τὸν Ἰσθμόν Plb.20.6.8; ἐπὶ τῆς διαβάσεως Id.Fr.43:—Med., Arist.Pr.946b36, Plb.10.49.1. 4 c. gen., sit before, to be chief of, τῆς Ἠπείρου Id.20.3.3; have precedence of, τινος Luc.JTr.9. II trans., π. ἐνέδρας lay ambushes beforehand, Aen.Tact.15.9. 2 set as guards, τινὰς ὡς ἐπὶ Τυρρηνίας Plb.2.24.6.