πρόκειμαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

προ- (pro-) +‎ κεῖμαι (keîmai)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πρόκειμαι • (prókeimai)

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

Usage notes

Serves as a passive voice of προτίθημι (protíthēmi).

Conjugation

   Present: πρόκειμαι (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative πρόκειμαι πρόκεισαι πρόκειται πρόκεισθον πρόκεισθον προκείμεθα πρόκεισθε πρόκεινται
subjunctive προκῶμαι προκέῃ προκέηται προκέησθον προκέησθον προκώμεθᾰ προκέησθε προκέωνται/προκείωνται
optative προκοίμην προκοῖο προκοῖτο προκοῖσθον προκοίσθην προκοίμεθᾰ προκοῖσθε προκοῖντο
imperative   πρόκεισο προκείσθω πρόκεισθον προκείσθων   πρόκεισθον προκείσθων
infinitive προκεῖσθαι
participle m προκείμενος
f προκειμένη
n προκείμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: προεκείμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative προεκείμην προέκεισο προέκειτο προέκεισθον προεκείσθην προεκείμεθα προέκεισθε προεκέατο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: προυκείμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative προυκείμην προὔκεισο προὔκειτο προὔκεισθον προυκείσθην προυκείμεθα προὔκεισθε προυκέατο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Descendants

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

Further reading

  • “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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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