Plato Greek Lexicon προέρχομαι

προέρχομαι

proerchomai

go forward, advance

Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

προέρχομαι (πρόειμι serves as fut.), aor. προῆλθον: pf. προελήλῠθα Men. 113.2:—A. go forward, advance, Hdt. 1.207, 9.14; ἐς τὸ ὁμαλόν Th. 5.65; ἐς τὸ πλέον Id. 2.21; ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου X. HG 7.5.25; ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα D.H. 8.58: abs., προελθών, = Att. παρελθών, having come forward to speak, Plb. 4.14.7; προελθὼν ὁ κῆρυξ ἐκήρυττε . . Aeschin. 3.154; π. εἰς τὸν δῆμον SIG 742.49 (Ephesus, i B.C.): c. acc. cogn., π. ἡμερησίαν ὁδόν Pl. R. 616b; κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν X. An. 4.2.16. b. come forth, πλάγια π. τὰ ἔμβρυα Arist. HA 576a24; π. μητρός to be born, Olymp. Vit.Pl.p.1 W.: generally, Luc. Tox. 25, al.; appear, be published, of a book, Str. 13.1.54. c. go away from, leave, ἀπὸ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ [οἰκίας] POxy. 472.5 (ii A.D.), cf. Stud.Pal. 1.8.10(v A.D.); οὐδεπώποτε ἐξ Αἰθιοπίας τὸν ἕτερον πόδα προελθών Luc. Herm. 32. 2. of Time, προελθόντος πολλοῦ χρόνου Th. 1.10, cf. Pl. Plt. 273a; π. κατὰ χρόνον Id. Prm. 152a; of persons, προεληλυθότες ταῖς ἡλικίαις advanced in years, X. HG 6.1.5. 3. go on, proceed, in a story or argument, Pl. Phdr. 237c; εἰς τὸ πρόσθεν π. Id. Lg. 682a, cf. Prt. 339d. 4. metaph., [τὰ Περσέων πρήγματα] ἐς τοῦτο προελθόντα the power of the Persians having advanced to this height, Hdt. 7.50; ὥσπερ μαθητὴν εἰς τοὔμπροσθε π. make progress, Isoc. Ep. 4.10; ἐνταῦθα π. ὥστε . . Id. 15.82: freq. in bad sense, εἰς πᾶν π. μοχθηρίας D. 3.3; οὕτως αἰσχρῶς π. Id. 23.204; οἷ προελήλυθʼ ἀσελγείας ἅνθρωπος Id. 4.9; εἰς τοῦτʼ ἀναισθησίας καὶ τόλμης προεληλύθασιν Id. 24.182; πόρρω προεληλύθασι φυλακῆς they are far gone in cautiousness, X. Hier. 4.4. 5. go before or first, Id. Cyr. 6.3.9, etc.; π. τινός go before him, ib.2.2.7; π. τινάς Ev.Marc. 6.33. b. arrive first, Th. 8.100: pf., have travelled first, ὁδόν Pl. R. 328e. II. take legal proceedings, appear in court, PGiss. 8.12(ii A.D.), etc.
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