A.let down beforehand, “εἰς τὴν βαλανοδόκην βρόχον” Aen.Tact.18.9: metaph., εἰς ταραχὴν π. πόλιν plunge the city into confusion, D.14.5; π. τινὰ ἐξαπατᾶν put a person forward in order to deceive, Id.19.77; π. τὸν λόγον, τὴν δόξαν, spread it before, D.C.58.9(prob.), Aristid.1.482J.:— Pass., “ἐπὶ τῷ ὕδατι τὰ σκεύη προκαθεῖτο” D.C.62.15.
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