προοιμιάζομαι

prooimiazomai

make a prelude, preamble

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 6
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Book IV 4
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723c7
723d8
723e4
724a3
Book VI 1
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774a3
Book XI 1
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926e8
Laches 1
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179a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

προοιμιάζομαι, pf. πεπροοιμίασμαι Luc. Nigr. 10:—in Trag. contr. φροιμιάζομαι: both forms occur in Arist. and later Prose: aor. ἐφροιμιασάμην Arist. Po. 1460a10: pf. πεφροιμίασμαι in pass. sense (v. infr.):—A. make a prelude, preamble, or preface, A. Ag. 1354, X. Mem. 4.2.5, Pl. Lg. 723c; π. μακρῶς Arist. Rh. 1416b33, cf. 1415b24, Phld. Rh. 1.56S., al. II. c.acc., say by way of preface, premise, τί φροιμιάζῃ νεοχμόν; E. IT 1162; περὶ οὗ τοσαῦτα προοιμιάζομαι Pl. La. 179a, cf. Thphr. Char.Praef. 4; τούτους . . φροιμιάζομαι θεούς begin by invoking them, A. Eu. 20: c.dat.modi, δάκρυσι Them. Or. 13.173d: pf. in pass. sense, πεφροιμίασται τὰ νῦν εἰρημένα Arist. Pol. 1325b33; ταῦτα ἔστω πεφροιμιασμένα τῷ λόγῳ ib.1323b37; πεφροιμιάσθω ταῦτα Id. EN 1095a12; ἐν τοῖς πεφροιμιασμένοις Id. Metaph. 995b5. 2. begin, ἐντεῦθεν Them. Or. 9.120c: metaph., inaugurate, τὴν βασιλείαν τρισχιλίων πολιτῶν φόνῳ J. BJ 2.6.2, cf. D.S. 36.2.

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