προληπτικός
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A anticipative, κίνησις Plu. 2.427e; σχῆμα Anon.Fig.p.158 S.; χρόνος π. τοῦ ἀποτελέσματος Vett. Val.244.31. Adv. -κῶς Sch.Ar.Av.35, A.D.Pron.10.22: Comp. -ώτερον prematurely, ib.47.10. 2 Adv. -κῶς by way of πρόληψις 1.1, opp. δοξαστικῶς, Phld.Oec.p.14 J. II Medic., of intermittent fevers, coming before the time, Gal.7.359. Adv. -κῶς ib.361.
German (Pape)
[Seite 733] ή, όν, voraus od. vorweg nehmend, vorgreifend, Plut. def. or. 32 u. a. Sp.