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προερέω 1 serving as fut. to προεῖπον 2 3 4 5

I.to say beforehand, Plat.:—Pass., ἐκ τῶν προειρημένων id=Plat.; τὰ προρρηθέντα id=Plat.; ταῦτά μοι προειρήσθω be said by way of preface, Isocr.
II.to order one to do a thing beforehand or publicly, τινί c. inf., Hdt.; also, πρ. τινί ὡς . . id=Hdt.:—Pass. impers., προείρητο αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπιχειρεῖν orders had been given them not to attack, Thuc.; τὸ προειρημένον the prescribed implement, Hdt.; δεῖπνον πρ. ordered beforehand, id=Hdt.; πόλεμος προερρήθη, Lat. indictus est, Xen.

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