προϋπάρχειν

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also προϋπάρχω): begin, be first to do a thing, be the first to do a thing

Lexicon Thucydideum

initium prius facere, auctorem esse, to make a beginning first, be originator of, 3.40.5,
esse ante, to exist before, 1.138.2, 2.85.2, 4.126.6, 5.83.2,
quae sibi iam ante idonea esse videbantur, which already before seemed suitable to them.