I.to shew by way of example, Hdt.; τὸν ζωστῆρα προδέξας having pointed out [the use of] the girdle, id=Hdt.
2.absol. to tell first, Aesch.
II.to foreshew what is about to happen, Hdt., etc.:—c. acc. et inf. to make known beforehand that . . , Thuc.
III.to point before one, σκήπτρῳ πρ. (sc. τὴν ὁδόν) to feel one's way with a stick, of a blind man, Soph.
2.pugilistic term, χερσὶ πρ. to make feints with the hands, make as if one was going to strike, Lat. praeludere, Theocr.:—in war, to make a demonstration, Xen.
