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πρωτεύω , (πρῶτος)
A.to be the first, hold first place, And.4.41 (s.v.l.), Pl.Lg.692d, Arist.EN1124b23; οἱ πρωτεύοντες the primates or chief men in a city, Hdn.8.7.2, cf. Isoc.5.68; hold position of πρῶτος (q.v.), MAMA4.151 (Apollonia); “π. τοῦ ἔθνουςOGI563.6 (Cadyanda).
2. c. gen. pers., to be first of or among, Ἑλλήνων ib.6; “τῶν ῥητόρωνAeschin.1.171, cf. X.Ages.1.3; “π. Ἑλλάδος εἰς ἀρετήνEpigr.Gr.489: also “π. ἐν τοῖς ἝλλησιIsoc.8.24; “ἐν τῷ δήμῳD.19.297.
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    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 171
    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 192
    • Aeschines, On the Embassy, 159
    • Andocides, Against Alcibiades, 41
    • Demosthenes, On the False Embassy, 297
    • Isaeus, Cleonymus, 21
    • Isocrates, Nicocles or the Cyprians, 60
    • Isocrates, Areopagiticus, 48
    • Isocrates, To Philip, 68
    • Isocrates, On the Peace, 24
    • Plato, Laws, 692d
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.2.28
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.4.5
    • Xenophon, Agesilaus, 10.1
    • Xenophon, Agesilaus, 1.3
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 4.81
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