πρόειμι

A. sum) to be before, τά τ’ ἐσσόμενα πρό τ’ ἐόντα things which were before, Il. 1.70; οἱ προόντες γεωργοί the former cultivators, PTeb. 379.12 (ii A.D.); αἱ προοῦσαι τάξεις the previous positions, Ael. Tact. 29.10; but, οἱ προόντες those who were there before (and still are there), Ath. 9.391d; ἀνῳκοδόμησα ἐπὶ προοῦσι θεμελίοις ἀρχαίοις Sammelb. 5232.19 (i A.D.); τῇ προούσῃ αὐτοῦ γυναικί his present wife, PSI 1.36a5,27 (i A.D.), cf. PRyl. 154.4 (i A.D.); τὰ προεσόμενα Plu. 2.586f(s.v.l.); also τοῖς προοῦσι δίδωμι the aforesaid, POxy. 580 (ii A.D.).

II. προεσόμενα, = profutura, Gloss.