1. to send before, send on or forward , (Homer): also, to send something to another, ἀγγελίας, φήμην (Odyssey by Homer):—; (Homer) often with an infinitive added; αἰετὼ προέηκα πέτεσθαι, οὖρον προέηκεν ἀῆναι (Odyssey by Homer)

2. to send away, dismiss, let go , (Iliad by Homer); τήνδε θεῷ πρόες let her go to the god, i. e. in reverence to him, (Iliad by Homer)

3. to let loose, let fall , especially thoughtlessly, ἔπος προέηκε let drop a word, (Odyssey by Homer); πηδάλιον ἐκ χειρῶν προέηκε he let the helm slip from his hands, (Odyssey by Homer); δάκρυα προῆκεν (Euripides)

4. of missiles, to send forth, shoot or dart forth , (Homer)

5. of a river, ὕδωρ προί̈ει ἐς Πηνειόν it pours its water into the Peneius, (Iliad by Homer)

6. πρ. τινί ποιεῖν τι to allow one to do, (Pindar)

7. to give up, deliver over, betray one to his enemy, (Herdotus Historicus): —;Pass. to be given or thrown away , εἰ προεῖτο ταῦτα (Demosthenes Orator)

8. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτίκα ἡδὺ πρ. αὑτόν to give up or devote oneself to present delights, (Xenophon Historicus)

9. Mid. to send forward from oneself, drive forward , (Xenophon Historicus):—;of sounds, to utter , (Aeschines Orator), etc.

10. to give up, let go: to give up to the enemy, (Thucydides), etc.; πρ. σφᾶς αὑτούς gave themselves up as lost , (Thucydides)

11. to desert, abandon , (Thucydides); οὐδαμῆ προί̈εντο ἑαυτούς did not lose themselves (i. e. take bribes), (Demosthenes Orator)

12. to give away, give freely , (Thucydides), etc.; προέσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων (Demosthenes Orator)

13. to throw off one's clothes, (Demosthenes Orator): and, in bad sense, to throw away , τὸν καιρόν (Demosthenes Orator); τὰ πατρῷα (Aeschines Orator): absolute to be lavish , (Aristotle Philosopher)

14. a second predicate is sometimes added, ἡμᾶς προέσθαι ἀδικουμένους to suffer us to be wronged, (Thucydides); προέμενοι αὐτοὺς ἀπολέσθαι (Xenophon Historicus); πρ. τινὶ ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατῆσαι (Demosthenes Orator)

15. to suffer to escape , (Polybius Historicus)

16. rarely in good sense, to give over to one, confide to one's care , (Xenophon Historicus)

17. to neglect, disregard , (Aristotle Philosopher):—; absolute to neglect all advice, to be reckless , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)