preliminary
From LSJ
παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρᾳ θνῄσκοντας ἀμελεῖ → having gotten children in secret, he abandons them to die
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
a preliminary examination before a magistrate: P. ἀνάκρισις, ἡ.
preliminary decree: P. προβούλευμα, τό.
preliminary remarks: P. and V. προοίμιον, τό, V. φροίμιον, τό.
mention as a preliminary, v.: P. and V. ὑπειπεῖν (2nd aor.).
they find most of the preliminaries already compleled by their partisans: P. καταλαμβάνουσι τὰ πλεῖστα τοῖς ἑταίροις προειργασμένα (Thuc. 8, 65).
