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προκατ-άρχω ,
A.beging first, -άρχουσα χάριςPh.1.487; “ἡ-άρξασα διάθεσιςA.D.Synt.244.9; “π. μιαιφονίαςD.S.38.6; “χάριτοςA.D.Pron.40.10.
II. begin a thing before others, “τοῦ πολέμουD.S.2.18, D.C.50.2:—Med., “π. [ὀρχήσεως]D.H.7.72; μάχης, εὐποιίας, J.AJ1.20.2, 7.15.1; “ἔχθραςD.C.Fr.40.4; “π. τοῦ . . σώματος τὸ στυγνὸν σκότοςCorp.Herm.1.20 (-έρχεται codd.): abs., begin hostilities, Plb.3.31.5, D.C.41.59, Heliod.in EN104.9.
2. Med., = litem contestor, Gloss.
III. προκατάρχεσθαί τινι τῶν ἱερῶν serve one with the first or the best portion of the victim at sacrifices (one of the privileges of the citizens of the mother-city in their colonies), Th.1.25, cf. App. BC1.110.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1.20.2
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 7.15.1
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.25
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.31.5
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 2.18
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 7.72
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 41.59
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 50.2
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