προϋποστρώννυμι

A. strew or put under before, in Pass., Gp. 4.15.5, 5.8.5.
II. Pass., constitute a prior foundation, ἡ ὅλη ζωογονία ‐στρώννυται τῆς μεριστῆς Dam. Pr. 341, cf. Ammon. in Porph. 120.13.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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