preliminary
From LSJ
ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
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).
