προκαταβάλλω

προκατα-βάλλω,

• apply first, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.35.2 (Pass.):—also in Pass., to be swallowed first, Ph. 1.320.
• • II Med., lay the foundations of before, Id. 2.476; θέατρον, οἰκοδομήματα, D.C. 43.49, 57.10: metaph., τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς αἰτίας Andronic.Rhod. p.577 M.:—Pass., Ph. 1.405, al.
  • III Pass., to be previously overcome, exhausted, Gal. 19.601.