anticipate a plot rather than meet it by counter-plots
From LSJ
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)
προεπιβουλεύειν μᾶλλον ἢ ἀντεπιβουλεύειν
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