A.sum) to be before, τά τ᾽ ἐσσόμενα πρό τ᾽ ἐόντα things which were before, Il.1.70; οἱ προόντες γεωργοί the former cultivators, PTeb.379.12(ii A.D.); αἱ προοῦσαι τάξεις the previous positions, Ael. Tact.29.10; but, οἱ προόντες those who were there before (and still are there), Ath.9.391d; “ἀνῳκοδόμησα ἐπὶ προοῦσι θεμελίοις ἀρχαίοις” Sammelb.5232.19(i A.D.); τῇ προούσῃ αὐτοῦ γυναικί his present wife, PSI1.36a5,27(i A.D.), cf. PRyl.154.4(i A.D.); “τὰ προεσόμενα” Plu. 2.586f(s.v.l.); also τοῖς προοῦσι δίδωμι the aforesaid, POxy.580(ii A.D.).
II. προεσόμενα, = profutura, Gloss.