προαναβαίνω

A. ascend before, preoccupy, τὸν λόφον Th. 3.112; ἐπὶ τὴν ναῦν Polyaen. 6.8; f.l. for προς‐ in Gal. 6.434.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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