- προλέγω
- προλέγω pf. pass. 3 sing. προλέλεκται (Aeschyl., Hdt.+; ins; Is 41:26; TestSol; GrBar 8:7; EpArist 8; Just., Tat.).① to say someth. in advance of an event, tell beforehand/ in advance (Demetr. of Phal. [300 B.C.]: 228 Fgm. 39 Jac. p. 970, 2f τὶς θεῶν αὐτοῖς προὔλεγε τὸ μέλλον; Apollon. Paradox. 3 τὰ μέλλοντα; TestSol 10:10 C; Jos., Ant. 7, 226; cp. CB I/2 p. 386 no. 232, 8: Gaius, an attorney, before his death expresses his thoughts in an epitaph for his tomb; s. προεῖπον 1) w. ὅτι foll. (Pla., Rep. 1, 337a) 2 Cor 13:2; Gal 5:21 (corresponding to the words προλέγω καθὼς προεῖπον, Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 139 §579 has the doublet προλέγομεν … καὶ προεροῦμεν); in warning (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 130, 97 Jac.) 1 Th 3:4 (in the above-mentioned passage from Appian, Brutus says προλέγομεν ‘we’, as Paul says προελέγομεν). Of a prophetic saying προλέγει ἡμῖν (a quot. fr. Is follows) 1 Cl 34:3 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 1. 71 §326 the priests in charge of the sacrifices foretell what is to happen; Just., D. 41, 3 [fr. Mal.]).② to say/express someth. at a point of time that is prior to another point of time, state beforehand/earlier (προεῖπον 2b) pf. pass. ὡς προλέλεκται as has been stated above (Ps.-Demetr., Eloc. 89) EpilMosq 5.—M-M.
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