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προΐσχω

προΐσχω, hold before, hold out

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προΐσχοντες present active participle masculine nominative plural, present active participle masculine vocative plural of προΐσχω

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προΐσχω,
  • = προέχω, hold before, hold out, of boys playing at ποσίνδα, X. Eq.Mag. 5.10:—mostly in Med., hold out before oneself, stretch forth, χεῖρας Th. 3.58, 66; of nurse and child, Gal. 6.44, al.: c. gen., hold before, τῶν ὄψεων τὰς χεῖρας Plu. Pomp. 71; τὸ ἱμάτιον τοῦ βιβλίου Id. Cat. Mi. 19.
      • 2 = προέχω B. I, Hp. Art. 30, Mochl. 4.
    • II metaph. in Med., put forward as a pretext, allege, π. πρόφασιν ὡς . . Hdt. 4.165, cf. 6.137, 8.3; ξυγγένειαν Th. 1.26; τὸν νόμον Plu. Alex. 14, etc.
      • 2 put forward as a demand, Hdt. 1.3; propose, offer, ib. 141, 164, Th. 4.87; ξείνιʼ ἀριστήεσσι A.R. 4.1553.
      • 3 hold out, ἐλπίδα Porph. Marc. 4.
      • 4 prosecute, Gloss.

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