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πρόκειμαι , used as Pass. of προτίθημι,
2. lie exposed,ὁρέω παιδίον προκείμενονHdt.1.111; of a tuft of wool, S.Tr.702; ἄτιμος ὧδε πρόκειμαι, says Ajax of himself, Id.Aj.427 (lyr.), cf. E.Tr. 1179; “νομίζετε τὸν παῖδα τουτονὶ ἱκετηρίαν ὑμῖν προκεῖσθαιD.43.83; esp. lie dead, A.Th.964 (lyr.), S.Aj.1059; προκείμενον νέκυν laid out for burial, E.Alc.1012, cf. S.Ant.1101, Ar.Ec.537, Av.474, Antipho 6.34, Luc.Luct.12; opp. ἐξενεχθείς, Lys.Fr.23 (also, to be buried first, IGRom.4.735 (Eumenia), MAMA4.357 (ibid., iii A.D.)): metaph., πρὸς ὕβριν π. to be exposed to . . , D.S.33.15 (dub.l.).
3. to be set before competitors, as the prize of a contest, “τοῖσι . . προὔκειτο μέγας τρίποςHes.Sc.312: hence,
b. metaph., to be set before one, proposed, γνῶμαι τρεῖς προεκέατο three opinions were set forth, Hdt.3.83, cf. 7.16.“α᾽; τοσούτων πέρι σκέψις πρόκειταPl.R.533e, cf. Phdr.237c; π. τῷ συμβουλεύοντι σκοπὸς τὸ συμφέρον is proposed as a mark, Arist. Rh.1362a17; προκειμένη ξυμμαγία the alliance which naturally offers, Th.1.35; freq. of contests, “πόνος τε καὶ ἀγὼν ἔσχατος ψυχῇ π.Pl.Phdr.247b, cf.La.182a; “καταγέλαστον . . , πάλαι πρόκειται, τοῦτο πάλιν προτιθέναιId.Euthd.279d; to be extant,προοίμια π.Id.Lg.722e; freq. in part., προκείμενος ἄεθλος the task set, Hdt.1.126, 4.10, cf. A.Pr. 259,755; “ἀγῶνος μεγίστου π.Hdt.9.60; “ἆθλα π.Lys.1.47, X.Cyr.2.3.2, etc.; “τὸν π. πόνονE.Alc.1149; “ἔχειν ἔργον π.Pl.R.407a; τὰ προκείμενα, opp. μέλλοντα, S.Ant.1334, cf. E.Rh.984; so “ξυμφορᾶς προκειμένηςId.Alc.551; τὸ π. ἐν τῷ λόγῳ or τὸ π., the question under discussion, Pl.Grg.457d, La.184c, etc.; τὸ π. πρῆγμα the matter in hand, Hdt. 1.207: impers., περὶ σωτηρίας προκειμένου when the question is concerning safety, Ar.Ec.401; “πρόκειται ἡμῖν ζητεῖνLuc.Par.54, cf. D.H. Rh.7.5.
5. to be first stated,οὐ πρόκειται τοῦ λόγου τὸ τί ἐστινArist.Top.142b24.
2. bulge, project, γαστὴρ πρόκειταιHp.Mul.1.3.
III. precede, γράμμα π. an initial letter, AP11.426; ἐν τοῖς π. in the preceding pages, A.D.Synt. 138.4; ὡς πρόκειται ib.32.17, freq. in Pap., POxy.271.15 (i A. D.), etc.; προκείμενον a preceding word, A.D.Pron.39.25, al.; χρόνος προκείμενος date as above, PTeb.397.34 (ii A. D.); τοῦ π. ἔτους in the aforesaid year, PAmh.50.11 (ii B.C.); “ π. βοτάνηabove-mentioned, PMag.Par.1.779, cf. Gal.12.455 (but οἱ π. θεοί represented on this monument, OGI663.2 (Egypt, i A. D.)).
2. τὸ π. αὐτοῦ μόριον from which it is derived (ὥς from ὅς), A.D.Adv.171.8.
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