προδείκνυμι and -ύω fut. -δείξω Ionic -δέξω to shew by way of example, Hdt.; τὸν ζωστῆρα προδέξας having pointed out [the use of] the girdle, Hdt. absol. to tell first, Aesch. to foreshew what is about to happen, Hdt., etc.:—c. acc. et inf. to make known beforehand that . . , Thuc. to point before one, σκήπτρῳ πρ. (sc. τὴν ὁδόν) to feel oneʼs way with a stick, of a blind man, Soph. pugilistic term, χερσὶ πρ. to make feints with the hands, make as if one was going to strike, Lat. praeludere, Theocr.:—in war, to make a demonstration, Xen.