πρόκριτος

πρό-κρῐτος, ον,

• chosen before others, select, Pl. R. 537d, Lg. 945b: esp. of a preliminary list of selected candidates, κληρωτοὶ ἐκ προκρίτων Arist. Pol. 1298b9, cf. Ath. 8.1, Decr.ib. 30.2; π. ἢ . . chosen rather than . ., AP 5.257 (Paul.Sil.).
• • II at Rome, π., = princeps, D.C. 57.8; π. τῆς γερουσίας, = princeps senatus, Id. 53.1, cf. 46.20; π. τῆς νεότητος, = princeps juventutis, Id. 78.17 (also π. τῆς ἱππάδος Id. 71.35); π. (sc. τῶν γραμματοφόρων), = princeps peregrinorum, prob. in Id. 78.14 (πρόκοιτος codd.).