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προέχω?

Non-contract Verb;

Transliteration: proechō

Principal Part:

Structure: προ (Prefix) + ἔχ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: cf. προΐσχω

Sense

to hold before, to hold before oneself, hold out before one
to put forward, use as a pretext, the, reason they allege
to hold forth, offer
to be possessed or informed of, beforehand
to have before, shall have, before, the first possessor
to jut out, project
to be the first, have the start, getting before, to keep ahead, to beat, started first
they are the first or chief, to be superior, to be eminent, all that is eminent, the chief men
to surpass, excel, to be preferred
to be excelled
it, avails

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	προέχω	προέχεις	προέχει
Dual		προέχετον	προέχετον
Plural	προέχομεν	προέχετε	προέχουσι(ν)
Subjunctive	Singular	προέχω	προέχῃς	προέχῃ
Dual		προέχητον	προέχητον
Plural	προέχωμεν	προέχητε	προέχωσι(ν)
Optative	Singular	προέχοιμι	προέχοις	προέχοι
Dual		προέχοιτον	προεχοίτην
Plural	προέχοιμεν	προέχοιτε	προέχοιεν
Imperative	Singular		προέχε	προεχέτω
Dual		προέχετον	προεχέτων
Plural		προέχετε	προεχόντων, προεχέτωσαν
Infinitive	προέχειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
προεχων προεχοντος	προεχουσα προεχουσης	προεχον προεχοντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	προέχομαι	προέχει, προέχῃ	προέχεται
Dual		προέχεσθον	προέχεσθον
Plural	προεχόμεθα	προέχεσθε	προέχονται
Subjunctive	Singular	προέχωμαι	προέχῃ	προέχηται
Dual		προέχησθον	προέχησθον
Plural	προεχώμεθα	προέχησθε	προέχωνται
Optative	Singular	προεχοίμην	προέχοιο	προέχοιτο
Dual		προέχοισθον	προεχοίσθην
Plural	προεχοίμεθα	προέχοισθε	προέχοιντο
Imperative	Singular		προέχου	προεχέσθω
Dual		προέχεσθον	προεχέσθων
Plural		προέχεσθε	προεχέσθων, προεχέσθωσαν
Infinitive	προέχεσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
προεχομενος προεχομενου	προεχομενη προεχομενης	προεχομενον προεχομενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

προεχόντων, προεχέτωσαν

Infinitive

προέχειν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

προεχων προεχοντος

προεχουσα προεχουσης

προεχον προεχοντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

προεχέσθων, προεχέσθωσαν

Infinitive

προέχεσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

προεχομενος προεχομενου

προεχομενη προεχομενης

προεχομενον προεχομενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	προέξω	προέξεις	προέξει
Dual		προέξετον	προέξετον
Plural	προέξομεν	προέξετε	προέξουσι(ν)
Optative	Singular	προέξοιμι	προέξοις	προέξοι
Dual		προέξοιτον	προεξοίτην
Plural	προέξοιμεν	προέξοιτε	προέξοιεν
Infinitive	προέξειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
προεξων προεξοντος	προεξουσα προεξουσης	προεξον προεξοντος
Middle
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	προέξομαι	προέξει, προέξῃ	προέξεται
Dual		προέξεσθον	προέξεσθον
Plural	προεξόμεθα	προέξεσθε	προέξονται
Optative	Singular	προεξοίμην	προέξοιο	προέξοιτο
Dual		προέξοισθον	προεξοίσθην
Plural	προεξοίμεθα	προέξοισθε	προέξοιντο
Infinitive	προέξεσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
προεξομενος προεξομενου	προεξομενη προεξομενης	προεξομενον προεξομενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Infinitive

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

προεξων προεξοντος

προεξουσα προεξουσης

προεξον προεξοντος

Middle

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Infinitive

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

προεξομενος προεξομενου

προεξομενη προεξομενης

προεξομενον προεξομενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	πρόειχον	πρόειχες	πρόειχε(ν)
Dual		προεῖχετον	προείχετην
Plural	προεῖχομεν	προεῖχετε	πρόειχον
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	προείχομην	προεῖχου	προεῖχετο
Dual		προεῖχεσθον	προείχεσθην
Plural	προείχομεθα	προεῖχεσθε	προεῖχοντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	προέσχον	προέσχες	προέσχε(ν)
Dual		προέσχετον	προεσχέτην
Plural	προέσχομεν	προέσχετε	προέσχον
Imperative	Singular		προσχέ	προσχέτω
Dual		προσχέτον	προσχέτων
Plural		προσχέτε	προσχόντων

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

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Examples

ἐν ταύτῃ δοκεῖ προέχειν Ἡροδότου Θουκυδίδης. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 17:2)
καὶ γὰρ τοῖς χρόνοις οὗτος ἐκείνου προέχειν ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ λέγω δ ὡς ἐν ἀκμῇ κοινῇ βίου γενομένων ἀμφοῖν, καὶ εἰ μὴ τοῦτο δοθείη, τῷ γέ τοι περὶ τοὺς ἀληθινοὺς ἀγῶνας ἐκείνου μᾶλλον τετρῖφθαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 62)
κἤπειτα λαβὼν προῆχε, τοὶ δ ἐβάλλιζον καὶ πάλιν βαλλίζοντες τὸν θάλαμον σκάτους ἐνέπλησαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 63 4:2)
καταφρόνησις δέ, ὃς ἂν καὶ γνώμῃ πιστεύῃ τῶν ἐναντίων προέχειν: (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 464)
τρίτη δ ἐδικάσθη περὶ προεδρίας Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τε τῷ Φιλίππου καὶ Ἀννίβᾳ τῷ Καρχηδονίῳ, καὶ ἔδοξε προέχειν ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος, καὶ θρόνος αὐτῷ ἐτέθη παρὰ Κῦρον τὸν Πέρσην τὸν πρότερον. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 9:1)
προέχω γὰρ αὐτέων τοσοῦτον ὅσον ὁ Ζεὺς τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 136 5:2)
ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἀλλ ἢ ἐνδείκνυται τῷ Ἡροδότῳ καὶ τοῖς Ἑλλανίκοις καὶ τοῖς Ἑκαταίοις καὶ πᾶσι τούτοις ὅτι ἐγὼ ὑμῶν προέχω τῇ κρίσει πρῶτον: (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 17:12)

Synonyms

to hold before
- ἀντέχω (to hold before one against)
- προίσχω (to hold before, hold out, to hold out before oneself)
- παρατίθημι (to set before oneself, have set before one)
- προτείνω (to stretch out before, hold before)
- προτίθημι (to set before oneself)
- παραρτέομαι (to hold oneself in readiness)
- προλεσχηνεύομαι (to hold conversations with, before)
to put forward
- προίσχω (to put forward, use as a pretext, allege)
- προίστημι (to put forward as a pretence, use as a screen, to use)
to hold forth
- προσέχω (I hold to, offer, I bring to)
- ἐπέχω (I hold out to, present, offer)
- ὑποτείνω (I hold out hopes, offer)
- παρίσχω (to hold in readiness, to present, offer)
to have before
- προήκω (to have gone before, be the first)
to jut out
- ἀνέχω (to project, to jut out)
- ἐξανέχω (to hold up from, to jut out from)
to surpass
- ἐπικαίνυμαι (to surpass, excel)
- προφέρω (to surpass, excel)
- ὑπερέρχομαι (to surpass, excel)
- ὑπερφύομαι (to surpass, excel)
- ὑπερτρέχω (to excel, surpass, to prevail)
- καίνυμαι (to surpass, excel, he surpassed)
to be excelled
- ἐκπρέπω (to be excellent)
- ἐπικαίνυμαι (to surpass, excel)
- προφέρω (to surpass, excel)
- ὑπερέρχομαι (to surpass, excel)
- ὑπερφύομαι (to surpass, excel)
it
- ῥέζω (shall avail, be of, service)

Derived

ἀνέχω (to hold up, in fight, to lift up)
ἀντέχω (to hold against, to hold, against one's)
ἀπέχω (to keep off or away from, to keep off, to keep apart)
διέχω (to keep apart or separate, to keep off, to go through)
εἰσέχω (to stretch into, reach, extend)
ἐνέχω (to hold within, to lay up, cherish inward)
ἐξανέχω (to hold up from, to jut out from, to bear up against)
ἐξέχω (to stand out or project from, to stand out, appear)
ἐπανέχω (to hold up, support)
ἐπέχω (I have or hold upon, I hold out to, present)
ἔχω (I have, possess, contain)
κατέχω (to hold fast, to hold back, withhold)
μετέχω (to partake of, enjoy a share of, share in)
παρακατέχω (to keep back, restrain, detain)
παρέχομαι (to go by, beside, or past; to pass by)
παρέχω (, I hold beside, hold in readiness)
περιέχω (to encompass, embrace, surround)
προκατέχω (to hold or gain possession of beforehand, preoccupy, to hold down before oneself)
προπαρέχω (to offer before, to supply before)
προσανέχω (to wait patiently for)
προσέχω (I hold to, offer, I bring to)
προσπαρέχω (to furnish or supply besides)
συμπαρέχω (to assist in causing, in procuring)
συνέχω (to hold or keep together, to enclose, encompass)
ὑπερέχω (to hold, over, to hold)
ὑπέχω (to hold or put under, supposita de matre), to hold out the hand to receive)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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προέχω?

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

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Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

Examples

Synonyms

to hold before

to put forward

to hold forth

to have before

to jut out

to surpass

to be excelled

it

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προέχω?

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

Examples

Synonyms

to hold before

to put forward

to hold forth

to have before

to jut out

to surpass

to be excelled

it

Related

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형용사

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