προκαθίημι
From LSJ
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow
English (LSJ)
A let down beforehand, εἰς τὴν βαλανοδόκην βρόχον Aen.Tact.18.9: metaph., εἰς ταραχὴν π. πόλιν plunge the city into confusion, D.14.5; π. τινὰ ἐξαπατᾶν put a person forward in order to deceive, Id.19.77; π. τὸν λόγον, τὴν δόξαν, spread it before, D.C.58.9(prob.), Aristid.1.482J.:— Pass., ἐπὶ τῷ ὕδατι τὰ σκεύη προκαθεῖτο D.C.62.15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 727] (s. ἵημι), vor od. vorher hinab, hinunter schicken; εἰς ταραχὴν τὴν πόλιν μὴ προκαθεῖναι, vorher in Unruhe stürzen, Dem. 14, 5; feindlich gegen Einen vorher abschicken, τοῦτον αὖ προκαθῆκεν ἐξαπατᾶν ὑμᾶς, 19, 77, Sp., wie Plut.
