προγυμνάζω

A. exercise, train beforehand, χέρα S. Fr. 498; ἑαυτὸν ἐς ἄλλον βίον Luc. Herm. 78, cf. Porph. VP 47: esp. train in oratory, Arr. Epict. 1.26.13, etc.:—Med., study, practise oneself, Gal. Anim.Pass. 2.3; but also, act as προγυμναστής 2, Id. 6.177:—Pass., of arguments or passages, to be prepared beforehand, οἱ προγυμνασθέντες λόγοι Hermog. Inv. 4.12.