προμαθής

A. forethinking, provident, μέλλησις Th. 3.82; τὸ π., = προμήθεια, Id. 4.92; εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα βίον ‐έστερος Pl. La. 188b: Sup., ‐έστατον σόφισμα Hdn. 3.2.3 (s.v.l.); troubling oneself, caring about a thing, τοῦ θανεῖν S. El. 1078 (lyr.). Adv. ‐θῶς J. BJ 1.27.2; ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν μυῶν π. ἐξεύρηται Gal. UP 5.14, etc.: Comp., ἐπὶ τὸ προμηθέστερον ποιεῖν τι Hp. Art. 69, cf. J. BJ 1.19.2: Sup. ‐έστατα Ael. NA 9.42.

II. of things, requiring forethought, Hp. Acut. 13 (dub. l.).