προκαθίημι

A. let down beforehand, εἰς τὴν βαλανοδόκην βρόχον Aen.Tact. 18.9: metaph., εἰς ταραχὴν π. πόλιν plunge the city into confusion, D. 14.5; π. τινὰ ἐξαπατᾶν put a person forward in order to deceive, Id. 19.77; π. τὸν λόγον, τὴν δόξαν, spread it before, D.C. 58.9(prob.), Aristid. 1.482J.:— Pass., ἐπὶ τῷ ὕδατι τὰ σκεύη προκαθεῖτο D.C. 62.15.