προαπολείπω

A. leave beforehand, οὐ π. τὴν κοινωνίαν, πλὴν ἐὰν χῆρος ἢ χήρα γένηται, of doves, Arist. HA 612b33; of water, quit certain places first, Id. Mete. 352b11; π. τὴν τάξιν depart from the natural order first, Id. Rh. Al. 1438a31.

II. intr., fail before or first, Hp. Mul. 1.59: c.gen., fail before, i.e. in comparison with, τοῦ σώματος . . ἡ ψυχὴ π. Antipho 5.93; προαπολείπει τῆς προθυμίας ἡ δύναμις Plu. 2.789d:—Med., ib. 1078f.

2. desist first, Paus. 2.1.5.