προκατεργάζομαι
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
A subdue first, τινα D.C.43.4. 2 prepare beforehand, Thphr.CP3.20.8, al.; work up beforehand, τὸ ψυχικὸν πνεῦμα Gal.UP8.10; do or perform beforehand, χρήσιμον π. ἔργον D.S.30.8:—pf. Pass., Id.4.17; to be prepared, J.AJ19.1.14, Plu.Comp. Demetr.Ant.1: aor. προκατειργάσθην only in pass. sense, ταῖς -ασθείσαις πράξεσι already performed, D.S.1.53; -ασθεὶς τῇ μάχῃ worn out, exhausted, Paus.6.6.5; of food, digested, Gal.1.655.
