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A. die before or first, Hdt. 2.1, App. Mith. 117; π. τῆς γηραιοῦ τελευτῆς die before old age, Antipho 4.1.2; of a coward, π. ὑπὸ τοῦ φόβου, i.e. before his time, X. Cyr. 3.1.25; π. τῷ δέει Ph. 2.68; π. πρὶν ἐντὸς βέλους γενέσθαι Luc. Anach. 25.

II. die on behalf or in defence of, ὑπὲρ τῆς βασιλείας Pl. Smp. 208d; τῶν τέκνων Arist. EE 1235a34; κύνες π. τῶν δεσποτῶν Ph. 2.200.