προθνήσκειν
From LSJ
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also: προθνήσκω) be a martyr to, die for
Lexicon Thucydideum
prius mori, to die first, 2.52.4.