προκαταγιγνώσκω
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
A vote against beforehand, condemn by a prejudgement, τινος D.21.227, Plb.21.42.2, etc.; μὴ προκαταγίγνωσκ'... πρὶν ἄν γ' ἀκούσῃς ἀμφοτέρων Ar.V.919; μὴ προκατεγνωκέναι μηδέν not to prejudge in any point, D.18.2: generally, condemn, disapprove of in advance, Gal.12.260. 2 c. inf., π. ἡμῶν . . ἥσσους εἶναι prejudge us and say we are... Th.3.53; σφῶν αὐτῶν π. ἀδικεῖν Lys.20.21; π. ἀδικεῖν (without τινος) And.1.3; also π. ὡς ἀδικῶ Aeschin.2.7. 3 π. τινὸς φόνον give a verdict of murder against one beforehand, Antipho 5.85; π. τινῶν ἄδικόν τι ib.4; ἀδικίαν τινός Lys.19.10. 4 π. θανατόν τινος pass sentence of death on before, D.S.18.60; τὴν τιμωρίαν αὐτὸς σαυτοῦ π. D.C.46.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 728] (s. γιγνώσκω), vorher verurtheilen od. verdammen, Ar. Vesp. 919; τινός; übh. durch ein vorausgefälltes Urtheil verdammen, vorher seine Meinung zum Nachtheil Jemandes aussprechen, ὑμῶν ἄδικόν τι, Antiph. 5, 4; τινὸς φόνον, ib. 85, wie ἀδικίαν τινός Lys. 19, 10; προκαταγνόντες ἡμῶν τὰς ἀρετὰς ἥσσους εἶναι, Thuc. 3, 53; Dem. 21, 227 u. A., wie Pol. 22, 25, 2; προκαταγνωστέον, Clem. Al.
