προθέω
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
English (LSJ)
(A),
A run before, Il.10.362; πολὺ προθέεσκε he was far ahead, 22.459, Od.11.515; opp. ἀπολείπομαι, Pl.Cra.412a: c. gen., outrun, Ael.NA7.26, Jul.Caes.315b; βέλη π. τῆς ὄψεως Plu.Crass.18. 2 run forward or forth, X.An.5.8.13, A.R.1.314, J.BJ3.10.1. II c. acc., outrun, outstrip, X.Cyn.3.7.
προθέω (B), 3pl. προθέουσιν, sts. taken as a form of προτίθημι, found once in Hom., τοὔνεκά οἱ προθέουσιν ὀνείδεα μυθήσασθαι;
A do they therefore appoint for him revilings to utter? Il.1.291 (but expld. fr. προθέω (A) by Aristarch., with ὀνείδεα as subj.; perh., do his insults dash forward for utterance?).
