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πρόειμι

proeimi

go forward, advance

Appears 53 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πρόειμι, (εἶμι ibo) A. go forward, advance, κατὰ βραχὺ προϊών Th. 1.64; ὀλίγα βήματα προϊόντες X. Cyr. 7.5.6; π. τῆς ὁδοῦ X.Eph. 4.3; of the Nile Delta, προϊούσης τῆς χώρης as it advanced (by deposit from the water), Hdt. 2.15. 2. of Time, προϊόντος τοῦ χρόνου as time went on, Id. 3.96; προϊούσης τῆς πόσιος, π. τοῦ συμποσίου, Id. 6.129, X. Cyr. 8.4.13: προϊούσης τῆς νυκτός Id. An. 2.2.19; π. τῆς ἡλικίας, τῆς συνουσίας, Pl. Phdr. 279a, Tht. 150d; προϊόντος τοῦ λόγου, τοῦ ᾄσματος, Id. Phdr. 238d, Prt. 339c; τοῦ προϊόντος ἔτους the current year, BGU 1126.6(i B.C.): ἡ ἐργασία κατὰ τοὺς τρεῖς χρόνους π. Hermog. Prog. 9. 3. proceed, continue, προϊὼν καὶ ἀναγιγνώσκων going on reading, Pl. Phd. 98b; πρόϊθί γε ἔτι εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν Id. Grg. 497a, cf. Lg. 842a; ὁ λόγος προΐτω Plot. 2.4.4. 4. go first, go in advance, X. Cyr. 1.5.14, 2.2.6: c. gen., go before or in advance of, τῆς ἄλλης στρατιῆς Hdt. 1.80: metaph., π. τοῦ καιροῦ X. Cyr. 6.3.29. 5. go forth, θύρασι Ar. Th. 69; π. ἔξω τῆς φάλαγγος X. Lac. 12.3 codd.; π. τοῦ οἴκου Hdn. 1.17.4; appear in public, ἐν ἐρεᾷ ἐσθῆτι PGnom. 182 (ii A.D.). b. spring from, γῆς τε καὶ ὕδατος Aphth. Prog. 6. 6. π. εἴς τι pass on to, begin another thing, X. Eq. 10.13; π. εἰς ἄπειρον Arist. EN 1094a20, Ph. 209a26: hence, become, ἐξ οἰκέτου δεσπότης π. Luc. Nigr. 20. 7. of an action, π. ἐπὶ τὸ λῷον succeed, X. Vect. 6.3.
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