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|mdlsjtxt=ionic inf. -[[κέεσθαι]] fut. -κείσομαι [used as Pass. of [[προτίθημι]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to be set [[before]] one, of meats, Hom., Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to lie [[exposed]], of a [[child]], Hdt.:— to lie [[dead]], Aesch., Soph.; ὁ προκείμενος the [[corpse]] laid out for [[burial]], Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to be set [[before]] all, as the [[prize]] of a [[contest]], Hes.:—metaph. to be set [[before]] all, be set [[forth]], proposed, Lat. in [[medio]] poni, γνῶμαι [[τρεῖς]] προεκέατο [[three]] opinions were set [[forth]], proposed, Hdt., etc.:—of contests, struggles, [[πόνος]] τε καὶ ἀγὼν πρόκειται Plat.:—in partic., [[ἄεθλος]] προκείμενος a [[task]] proposed, Hdt., etc.; τὰ προκείμενα, opp. to μέλλοντα, Soph.; τὸ [[προκείμενον]] [[πρῆγμα]] the [[matter]] in [[hand]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to be set [[forth]] [[beforehand]], to be prescribed, αἱ προκείμεναι ἡμέραι the prescribed days, Hdt.; so, ἐνιαυτοὶ πρόκεινται ἐς [[ὀγδώκοντα]] are set, [[fixed]] at, Hdt.; of laws, νόμοι οἱ προκείμενοι Soph.; of penalties, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to lie [[before]], lie in [[front]] of, c. gen., [[Αἴγυπτος]] προκειμένη τῆς ἐχομένης γῆς Hdt.; τὰ προκείμενα τῆς χώρας ὄρη Xen.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[precede]], [[γράμμα]] πρ. an [[initial]] [[letter]], Anth.

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