προοφείλω
προοφείλω
Attic contr. προὐφ-
fut. ήσω
to owe beforehand: πρ. κακόν τινι to owe one an ill turn, i. e. to deserve evil at his hands, Eur.; πρ. κακὸν ταῖς πλευραῖς to owe oneʼs ribs a mischief, i. e. deserve a beating, Ar.:—Pass. to be due beforehand, of debts, ὁ προοφειλόμενος φόρος the arrears of tribute, Hdt.; ἔχθρη προοφειλομένη εἴς τινα the hatred one has long had reason to feel, Hdt.; εὐεργεσία προὐφειλομένη a kindness that has long remained as a debt, Thuc.
= ὀφείλω I, to be due beforehand, Eur.