A.take the initiative in a thing, c. gen., “ἀδικίας” Th.3.40; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, τῆς ἔχθρας, Isoc.5.36,125: c. dat., “π. τῷ ποιεῖν εὖ” D.20.46: with neut. Adj., “π. τι ἔς τινα” D.C.38.34:—Pass., τὰ προϋπηργμένα εἰς αὑτόν benefits formerly received, D.49.25, cf. OGI244.8 (Daphne, ii B.C.), Hierocl. in CA7p.429M.; but also “προϋπηργμένα ἀδικήματα” Iamb.Myst.4.5.
II. intr., exist before, be pre-existent, Th.2.85, 4.126, Pl.Prt.317d, PLille 1v4 (iii B.C.), etc.; “οἱ νόμοι οἱ προϋπάρχοντες” Arist.Pol.1292b20, cf. SIG526.31 (Itanos, iii B.C.); ἡ τῶν σωμάτων αὔξησις ἐκ προϋπαρχόντων ἐστίν from pre-existent materials, Arist.Rh.1419b22; “πᾶσα μάθησις ἐκ προϋπαρχούσης γίνεται γνώσεως” Id.APo.0.71a1; προϋπάρξαντα things that happened before, past events, v.l. for πρὶν ὑπ. in D.1.11; τὰ προϋπάρχοντα former possessions, Ceb.31, D.C.38.38; οἱ π. ὕπατοι the previous consuls, Plb.3.106.2: pf. Pass., τὰ προϋπηργμένα antecedents, D.18.262, Arist.Rh.1367b13; οἰκειότης, χάρις προϋπηργμένη, J.Ap.1.29, A.D. Synt.132.21.
2. c. gen., προϋπάρχειν δεῖ τὸ κινοῦν τοῦ κινουμένου must exist before . . , Arist.MA700b1; “π. ἑαυτοῦ” S.E.M.10.208; to be logically prior, “μέθοδος πασῶν προϋπάρχουσα καὶ κυριωτέρα” Nicom.Ar. 1.4.
