προέχω contr. προὔχω fut. -έξω aor2 -έσχον mid. -εσχόμην προὐσχόμην cf. προΐσχω to hold before, so as to protect another, Ar. Xen.:—Mid. to hold before oneself, hold out before one, Hom., Ar. metaph. in Mid. to put forward, use as a pretext, Soph.; ὅπερ μάλιστα προὔχονται, μὴ ἂν γίγνεσθαι τὸν πόλεμον which is the chief reason they allege, to shew that the war would not arise, Thuc. to hold forth, offer, Thuc. to be possessed or informed of a thing beforehand, Hdt. to have before others, τιμὴν προέξουσʼ τῶν ἐνδίκων shall have honour before the righteous, Soph.: absol., ὁ προέχων the first possessor, Arist. intr. to jut out, project of headlands, towers, hills, Hom., Hdt., etc. in running, to be the first, have the start, Il.; c. gen., προέχων τῶν ἄλλων getting before the rest, Hdt.; πρ. ἡμέρης ὁδῷ to keep ahead by a dayʼs march, Hdt.; πρ. τῇ κεφαλῇ to beat by a head, in racing, Xen.;—of Time, προεῖχε ἡ τριήρης ἡμέρᾳ καὶ νυκτί started first by a day and night, Thuc. of rank, c. gen., δήμου προὔχουσιν they are the first or chief of the people, Hhymn.:— absol. to be superior, to be eminent, Thuc.; τὸ προὔχον all that is eminent, Thuc.; οἱ προὔχοντες the chief men, Thuc. to surpass, excel, c. gen., Hdt., Attic; πρ. τινὸς τιμήν to be preferred to him in honour, Soph. rarely c. acc. pers., Xen.:—Pass. to be excelled, NTest. impers., οὔ τι προέχει it naught avails, c. inf., Hdt.