προΐσχω

A. = προέχω, hold before, hold out, of boys playing at ποσίνδα, X. Eq.Mag. 5.10:—mostly in Med., hold out before oneself, stretch forth, χεῖρας Th. 3.58,66; of nurse and child, Gal. 6.44, al.: c. gen., hold before, τῶν ὄψεων τὰς χεῖρας Plu. Pomp. 71; τὸ ἱμάτιον τοῦ βιβλίου Id. Cat. Mi. 19.

2. = προέχω B. 1, Hp. Art. 30, Mochl. 4.

II. metaph. in Med., put forward as a pretext, allege, π. πρόφασιν ὡς . . Hdt. 4.165, cf. 6.137, 8.3; ξυγγένειαν Th. 1.26; τὸν νόμον Plu. Alex. 14, etc.

2. put forward as a demand, Hdt. 1.3; propose, offer, ib.141, 164, Th. 4.87; ξείνῑ ἀριστήεσσι A.R. 4.1553.

3. hold out, ἐλπίδα Porph. Marc. 4.

4. prosecute, Gloss.