προκαταβαίνω

A. descend, of the foetus, Arist. HA 583b31; εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα D.S. 15.85 (s.v.l.); step into a bath first, Gal. 11.606.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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