πρόκειμαι

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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προ- (pro-) +‎ κεῖμαι (keîmai)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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πρόκειμαι (prókeimai)

  1. to be set before, to lie before
  2. to precede

Usage notes

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Serves as a passive voice of προτίθημι (protíthēmi).

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Greek: πρόκειται (prókeitai) (3rd person)

Further reading

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  • πρόκειμαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πρόκειμαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πρόκειμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.