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προέρχομαι

( πρόειμι serves as fut. ), aor. προῆλθον: pf. προελήλῠθα Men. 113.2: —

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 . 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 . 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. Ephesians 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 προελήλυθ' ἀσελγείας ἅνθρωπος Id. 4.9; εἰς τοῦτ' 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.Mark 6:33 . 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.

προέρχομαι: imperfect προηρχομην; future προελεύσομαι; 2 aorist προῆλθον; from Herodotus down;

1. to go forward, go on: μικρόν, a little, Matthew 26:39 (here T Tr WH marginal reading προσελθών (which see in a.)); Mark 14:35 (Tr WH marginal reading προσελθών); with an accusative of the way, Acts 12:10 (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 4, 18; Plato, rep. 1, p. 328 e.; 10, p. 616 b.).

2. to go before; i. e., a. to go before, precede (locally; German vorangehen): ἐνώπιον τίνος, Luke 1:17 ((ἔμπροσθεν τίνος, Genesis 33:3), WH marginal reading προσελευσαντες which see in a.); τίνος, to precede one, Luke 22:47 Rec. ((Judith 2:19)); τινα, ibid. G L T Tr WH (not so construed in secular writings; cf. Buttmann, 144 (126); Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, iii., p. 70; (Winers Grammar, § 52, 4, 13); but in Latin we findantecedere, anteire,praeire, aliquem, and in Greek writings πρόθειν τινα; see προηγέομαι); to outgo, outstrip (Latinpraecurrere, antevertere aliquem; for which the Greeks say φθάνειν τινα), Mark 6:33.

b. to go before, i. e. (set out) in advance of another (German vorausgehen): Acts 20:5 (Tr WH text προσελθόντες); εἰς (L Tr πρός) ὑμᾶς, unto (as far as to) you, 2 Corinthians 9:5; ἐπί τό πλοῖον, to the ship, Acts 20:13 (Tr WH marginal reading προσελθόντες).

προ -έρχομαι ,

[in LXX: Genesis 33:3; Genesis 33:14 R (H5674), Judith 2:19, Sirach 35:10 (Sirach 32:10) al;]

1. to go forward, go on, advance: seq. μικρόν , Matthew 26:39 and Mark 14:35 (WH, mg., προσελθών ): ῥύμην μίαν (cf. Plat., Rep., i, 328e), Acts 12:10.

2. Of relative position, to go before, precede: c. gen. (cl.; Jth, l.c.); c. acc pers. (not cl.), Luke 22:47 (c. gen., Rec.); seq. ἐνώπιον , Luke 1:17 (cf. Genesis 33:3).

3. Of time, to go before or in advance: Acts 20:5; Acts 20:13 (WH, mg., R, mg.), 2 Corinthians 9:5; c. acc pers. (= cl. φθάνω ), Mark 6:33.†