προκαταβάλλω

A. apply first, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.35.2 (Pass.):—also in Pass., to be swallowed first, Ph. 1.320.

II. Med., lay the foundations of before, Id. 2.476; θέατρον, οἰκοδομήματα, D.C. 43.49, 57.10: metaph., τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς αἰτίας Andronic.Rhod.p.577 M.:—Pass., Ph. 1.405, al.

III. Pass., to be previously overcome, exhausted, Gal. 19.601.