πρόειμι

proeimi

to be before

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πρόειμι, (εἰμί sum) A. to be before, τά τʼ ἐσσόμενα πρό τʼ 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, PSI 1.36a5,27(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.

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