προοφείλω

A. owe beforehand, πολλὰ πολλοῖς D.C. 47.16: metaph., π. κακόν τινι owe one an atonement, i.e. deserve evil at his hands, E. IT 523; κακὸν ταῖς πλευραῖς π. owe one's ribs a mischief, i.e. deserve a beating, Ar. V. 3; π. τι χρηστὸν τῇ πόλει παραινέσαι Id. Lys. 648:—Pass., to be due beforehand, of debts, ὁ προοφειλόμενος φόρος the arrears of tribute, Hdt. 6.59, cf. X. HG 1.5.7; τὸ ληφθὲν προωφέλετο ἱματιοκαπήλῳ Luc. Merc.Cond. 38: generally, ἔχθρη προοφειλομένη ἐς Ἀθηναίους the hatred they had long had reason to feel, Hdt. 5.82; εὐεργεσία προὐφειλομένη a kindness that has long remained as a debt, Th. 1.32; προωφείλετο αὐτῷ κακόν a debt of punishment had long been owing to him, Antipho 5.61, cf. D. 21.77; ἦν μοί τις οὐ μικρὰ π. χάρις Luc. Abd. 15.

II. to be bound to do, τὸ προὐφείλειν καλῶς πράσσειν . . τούσδε E. Heracl. 240.