πρόκειμαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=used as Pass. of [[προτίθημι]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be set before one]], <b class="b3">ὀνείαθ' ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα</b> the meats [[laid]] ready, <span class="bibl">Il.9.91</span>, al.; <b class="b3">π. δαίς, δεῖπνον</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.211</span>, <span class="bibl">5.105</span>; τὰ π. ἀγαθά <span class="bibl">Id.9.82</span>; <b class="b3">ἄρτοι προκείμενοι</b> [[show]]-bread, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>39.18</span> (<span class="bibl">36</span>); <b class="b3">τράπεζα π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">38.9</span> (<span class="bibl">37.10</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[lie exposed]], ὁρέω παιδίον προκείμενον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.111</span>; of a tuft of wool, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>702</span>; <b class="b3">ἄτιμος ὧδε πρόκειμαι</b>, says Ajax of himself, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>427</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 1179</span>; νομίζετε τὸν παῖδα τουτονὶ ἱκετηρίαν ὑμῖν προκεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">D.43.83</span>; esp. [[lie dead]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>964</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1059</span>; <b class="b3">προκείμενον νέκυν</b> [[laid out]] for burial, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1012</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1101</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>537</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>474</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Luct.</span>12</span>; opp. [[ἐξενεχθείς]], <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>23</span> (also, to [[be buried first]], IGRom.4.735 (Eumenia), <span class="title">MAMA</span>4.357 (ibid., iii A.D.)): metaph., <b class="b3">πρὸς ὕβριν π</b>. to [[be exposed]] to... <span class="bibl">D.S.33.15</span> (dub.l.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> to [[be set before]] competitors, as the prize of a contest, τοῖσι . . προὔκειτο μέγας τρίπος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>312</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., to [[be set before]] one, [[proposed]], <b class="b3">γνῶμαι τρεῖς προεκέατο</b> three opinions [[were set forth]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.83</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.16</span>.α'; τοσούτων πέρι σκέψις πρόκειτα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>533e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>237c</span>; <b class="b3">π. τῷ συμβουλεύοντι σκοπὸς τὸ συμφέρον</b> [[is proposed]] as a mark, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1362a17</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ προκειμένη ξυμμαγία</b> the alliance [[which naturally offers]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.35</span>; freq. of contests, πόνος τε καὶ ἀγὼν ἔσχατος ψυχῇ π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>247b</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">La.</span>182a</span>; καταγέλαστον... ὃ πάλαι πρόκειται, τοῦτο πάλιν προτιθέναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>279d</span>; to [[be extant]], προοίμια π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>722e</span>; freq. in part., <b class="b3">ὁ προκείμενος ἄεθλος</b> the task [[set]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.126</span>, <span class="bibl">4.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 259</span>,<span class="bibl">755</span>; ἀγῶνος μεγίστου π. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.60</span>; ἆθλα π. <span class="bibl">Lys.1.47</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.2</span>, etc.; τὸν π. πόνον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1149</span>; ἔχειν ἔργον π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>407a</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ προκείμενα</b>, opp. [[μέλλοντα]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1334</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>984</span>; so ξυμφορᾶς προκειμένης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>551</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ</b> or <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>., [[the question]] under discussion, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>457d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">La.</span>184c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ π. πρῆγμα</b> the matter [[in hand]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.207</span>: impers., <b class="b3">περὶ σωτηρίας προκειμένου</b> [[when the question is]] concerning safety, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>401</span>; πρόκειται ἡμῖν ζητεῖν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Par.</span>54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Rh.</span>7.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">to be set forth, settled, prescribed, appointed</b>, ἔργων ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>865</span> (lyr.); π. σημήϊα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.38</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ προκείμεναι ἡμέραι</b> the [[prescribed]] days, ib.<span class="bibl">87</span>; ὀγδώκοντα ἔτεα ξόης πλήρωμα ἀνδρὶ προκεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.3.22</span>; ἀναγκαίη π. <span class="bibl">Id.1.11</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ θανεῖν . . πᾶσι πρόκειται</b> prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>12(1).146 (Rhodes); of laws, νόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα τοὺς π. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>481</span>; of punishments, στέρεσθαι κρατὸς ἦν προκείμενον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 371</span>; φόνον π. δημόλευστον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>36</span>; πολλῶν [ἁμαρτημάτων] θανάτου ζημίαι π. <span class="bibl">Th.3.45</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> to [[be first stated]], οὐ πρόκειται τοῦ λόγου τὸ τί ἐστιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>142b24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[lie before]], [[lie in front of]], c. gen., Αἴγυπτος προκειμένη τῆς ἐχομένης γῆς [[projecting further than]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.99</span>; [[ᾗ]] ([[ᾧ]] codd.) <b class="b3">προὔκειτο μαστῶν περονίς</b> where [[was set]] a brooch [[before]] her breasts, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>925</span>; πρὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων π. τὰ παραφράγματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>514b</span>; Ἐφέσου τεὰ τόξα πρόκειται <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>258</span>; οἱ προκείμενοι τῶν στοῶν πύργοι <span class="bibl">Plb.1.48.2</span>: abs., of a cape, island, etc., ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ π. χωρίον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.3</span>; τὰ προκείμενα τῆς χώρας ὄρη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 3.5.27</span>; παρὰ ἤπειρον νῆσος π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.13</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[bulge]], [[project]], ἡ γαστὴρ πρόκειται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[precede]], <b class="b3">γράμμα π</b>. an [[initial]] letter, <span class="title">AP</span>11.426; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς π</b>. in the [[preceding pages]], <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span> 138.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς πρόκειται</b> ib.<span class="bibl">32.17</span>, freq. in Pap., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>271.15</span> (i A. D.), etc.; [[προκείμενον]] a [[preceding]] word, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>39.25</span>, al.; <b class="b3">χρόνος ὁ προκείμενος</b> date [[as above]], PTeb.397.34 (ii A. D.); <b class="b3">τοῦ π. ἔτους</b> in the [[aforesaid]] year, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>50.11</span> (ii B.C.); ἡ π. βοτάνη [[above-mentioned]], PMag.Par.1.779, cf. Gal.12.455 (but <b class="b3">οἱ π. θεοί</b> [[represented]] on this monument, <span class="title">OGI</span>663.2 (Egypt, i A. D.)). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὸ π. αὐτοῦ μόριον</b> [[from which it is derived]] ([[ὥς]] from [[ὅς]]), <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>171.8</span>.</span>