προϋπ-άρχω,
take the initiative in a thing, with
genitive, ἀδικίας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, τῆς ἔχθρας, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
neuter adjective, π. τι ἔς τινα [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —
passive, τὰ προϋπηργμένα εἰς αὑτόν
benefits formerly received, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
intransitive,
exist before, be pre-existent, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ νόμοι οἱ προϋπάρχοντες [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν σωμάτων αὔξησις ἐκ προϋπαρχόντων ἐστίν from
pre-existent materials, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; προϋπάρξαντα
things that happened before, past events, variant for{πρὶν ὑπ}. in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ προϋπάρχοντα
former possessions, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἱ π. ὕπατοι the
previous consuls, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
perfect passive, τὰ προϋπηργμένα
antecedents, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἰκειότης, χάρις προϋπηργμένη, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2) with
genitive, προϋπάρχειν δεῖ τὸ κινοῦν τοῦ κινουμένου must
exist before. , [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
to be logically prior, μέθοδος πασῶν προϋπάρχουσα καὶ κυριωτέρα [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]