beforehand, Thuc.
prokaqoravw
pro-kaqoravw , f. -katovyomai , to examine beforehand, to reconnoitre, Hdt.
prokaivw
pro-kaivw , f. -kauvsw , to burn before: Pass. to be lighted before, of fires, Xen.
provkako"
provka±ko" , on , exceeding bad, kaka; provkaka evils beyond evils, Aesch.
prokalevw
pro-ka±levw , f. evsw , to call forth: mostly in Med. , 3 sing. Ep. aor. I prokalevssato , imper. prokavlessai :— to call out to fight, challenge, defy, Lat. provoco , Hom .; so, pr. eij" ajgw`na Xen. 2. to invite or summon beforehand, tina; ej" lovgou" Hdt ., Thuc. ; ej" spondav" Thuc .; ejpi; xummacivan Id.
3.
c. acc.
et
inf.
to invite
one to do, Id.,
etc.
4.
absol
.,
aujtw`n prokalesamevnwn
at
or
after
their invitation, Id.
II.
c. acc.
rei,
to offer
or
propose,
divkhn
Id.;
ta;" spondav"
Ar
.;
c. acc.
pers. added,
prokalei`sqaiv tina th;n eijrhvnhn
to offer
one peace, Id.
2. as Att. law-term, to make an offer or challenge to the opponent, such as to submit the case to arbitration, let slaves be put to the torture, Dem. ; cf. provklhsi" :— Pass. , pr. ej" krivsin periv tino" Thuc.
III. to call up or forth, eujgevneian Eur.
prokalivzomai
pro-ka±livzomai , Dep. , only in pres. imper. prokalivzeo , Ep. 3 sing. impf. prokalivzeto :— to call forth or out, challenge, defy, Hom.
prokalindevomai
proka±lindevomai , Pass. to fall prostrate before another, Isocr ., Dem.
prokavlumma
prokavlumma , ato", tov , anything put before, a curtain, such as was hung in doorways instead of doors, Aesch.
2.
a covering,
as a protection,
Thuc.
3.
metaph.
a screen
or
cloak,
Id.,
Luc.
From
prokaluvptw
prokaluvptw
pro-ka±luvptw , f. yw , to hang before as a covering: — Med. to put over oneself as a screen or cloak, Eur. ; ouj parakaluptomevna parhivdo" putting no veil over ones face, Id.
II. to cover over, h{lion nefevlh pr . Xen. :— Med. , proujkaluvyato o[mmata veiled her eyes, Eur.
prokavmnw
pro-kavmnw , f. -kamou`mai : aor. 2 proevka±mon :— to work or toil before, Theogn.
II.
to toil for
or
in defence of,
tinov"
Soph.
III.
to grow weary, give up,
mh; provkamne
Aesch
.;
mh; prokavmhte povda
Eur.