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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[go first and lead the way]], Hdt.2.48, 7.40, X.''Lac.''13.2, etc.; τινι [[for]] a person, i.e. [[guide]] him, τῷ θεῷ Ar.''Pl.''1195, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 2.1.1; <b class="b3">π. τὴν [ὁδόν]</b> Id.''An.''6.5.10; of troops, [[form the van]], Id.''Cyr.''4.2.27; <b class="b3">π. πᾶσι [τοῖς ποσίν]</b> to have all [[in front]], Arist.''IA''714a4.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[precede logically]], τινος S.E.''P.''1.210.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[take the lead of]], τῶν προόδων ἄλλους προόδους… προηγεῖσθαι X.''Eq.Mag.''4.5; π. τῆς πομπῆς Plb.12.13.11; of the planets in retrograde motion, [[get ahead of]], ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων Gem.12.22: later c. acc., ἀλλήλους π. τῇ τιμῇ ''Ep.Rom.''12.10:—c. inf., <b class="b3">προήγημαι τὴν τούτων ἐπίδοσιν ποήσεσθαι</b> [[have taken the initiative]] in... ''BGU''1193.11 (i B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, τὸ πῦρ μὲν ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ἱερῶν προηγεῖται [[goes before]], [[precedes]], X.''Lac.'' 13.3; ῥάβδοι π. ἑκάστῳ Plb.6.53.8.<br><span class="bld">4</span> pres. part. <b class="b3">προηγούμενος, η, ον,</b> [[going first]], <b class="b3">τὸ π. στράτευμα</b> the [[van]], opp. [[οὐρά]], X.''Ages.''2.2; [[preceding]], [[foregoing]], Phld.''Ir.''p.94 W.; γράμματα Plu.''Pomp.''45.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Math., <b class="b3">τὰ π.</b> [[forward]] points, i.e. those lying on the same side of the radius vector of a spiral as the direction of its motion, Archim.''Spir.'' 11 ''Def.''6; ἁ π. εὐθεῖα Id.''Spir.''21,23.<br><span class="bld">c</span> Astron., <b class="b3">τὰ π. ζῴδια</b> signs [[leading]] in the daily movement of the heavens, i.e. [[westerly]] signs, opp. [[ἑπόμενα]], Gem.1.5, Theo Sm.p.147 H., etc.<br><span class="bld">d</span> τὰ π. [[initial data]], [[premisses]], Plb.16.16.6, Arr.''Epict.''1.20.1; σημεῖα Phld.''Sign.''36; φαντασίαι M.Ant.8.49; <b class="b3">π. οὐσία τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ</b> [[given]], i.e. external to the soul, Arr.''Epict.''3.7.6; <b class="b3">τὸ π.</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιγέννημα</b>, ib.7; <b class="b3">τὰ π.</b> [[originals]] of paintings, Arist.''Mu.''396b14.<br><span class="bld">e</span> [[leading]], [[principal]], <b class="b3">κατὰ π. λόγον</b> according to a [[guiding]] principle, Zeno Stoic.1.48; <b class="b3">ὁ π. λόγος, τὸ π. ἔργον</b>, Arr.''Epict.''1.20.14, 2.5.4; <b class="b3">σύν τινι προηγουμένῳ</b> in conjunction with a [[purpose]], Iamb.''VP''27.131, cf. Plot.4.4.8; χειρὸς οὐσία μὲν ἡ σάρξ, προηγούμενα δὲ τὰ χειρὸς ἔργα Arr.''Epict.''3.7.24, cf. 3.22.76; <b class="b3">ὑπηρετικὰ ἄλλοις, οὐκ αὐτὰ π.</b> ib.2.8.6; so in Math., <b class="b3">π. θεώρημα</b> [[leading]] theorem, opp. [[ἀντίστροφον]], Procl.''in Euc.''p.254F.<br><span class="bld">f</span> Medic., <b class="b3">π. αἴτιον</b> [[predisposing]] cause, Ath.Med. ap. Gal.15.112, cf. 7.10, al.; <b class="b3">π. αἰτίαι</b> [[antecedent]] causes, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.264.<br><span class="bld">5</span> aor. part., <b class="b3">ὁ -ησάμενος</b> the [[former]] [[ἡγεμών]], ''PLips.''63.6(iv A.D.), etc.