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προλέγω

prolego

pick out, choose, prefer

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

προλέγω, A. pick out, choose, prefer, Ἀθηναίων προλελεγμένοι Il. 13.689; ἐξοχώτατοι προλέγονται Pi. N. 2.18; ἀριστῆες πασᾶν ἐκ πολίων προλελεγμένοι Theoc. 13.18. II. foretell, Aeol. aor. part. προλέξαις Alc. Supp. 22.7; predict, of an oracle, Hdt. 1.53, 8.136; μέμνησθʼ ἁγὼ προλέγω A. Pr. 1071 (anap.), cf. S. OT 973; π. πρόρρησιν, of a physician, v.l. in Hp. Prog. 15; τὰ μέλλοντα Pl. Euthphr. 3c, cf. D. 19.298. b. say beforehand, ταῦτα, ὅτι . . Pl. R. 337a, cf. Euthd. 275e, Hyp. Lyc. 7; ὡς προλέλεκται as was said above, Demetr. Eloc. 89; ὁ προλεχθείς the aforesaid,PMasp.32.63 (vi A. D.), al. c. προλεγόμεναι (sc. θέσεις) first principles, Cic. Fam. 9.18.3. d. μακρὰ προλεγομένγ a long syllable placed, uttered first, Demetr. Eloc. 39. 2. state publicly, proclaim, προὔλεγον τὸ ψήφισμα καθελοῦσι μὴ ἂν γίγνεσθαι πόλεμον Th. 1.139; προλεγέτω ἁ ἀρχά Foed.Delph.Pell. 1A 5, cf. OGI 437.76 (Pergam., i B.C.): c. acc. et inf., A. Th. 336(lyr.), etc.: c. acc., ὁ νόμος πέφυκε προλέγειν ἃ μὴ δεῖ πράττειν Lycurg. 4; πολέμους ἀλλήλοις Plb. 13.3.5. 3. π. τινὶ ἀπιέναι order him to . . , X. An. 7.7.3, cf. Din. 1.71; caution, warn, π. τινὶ μὴ φεύγειν E. Fr. 897.9 (anap.); π. τινί, εἰ θεραπεύσοιτο, ὅτι διαφθαρήσοιτο Antipho 4.2.4; ὡς οὐ . . Plb. 5.57.2. 4. denounce punishment, π. δεσμόν τινι D. 24.60.
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