προτείνω
Infl. fut. -τενῶ
I. "to stretch out before, hold before", Xen.
2. "to expose to danger", Soph.
3. metaph. "to hold out" as a pretext or excuse, Hdt., Soph., etc.
II. "to stretch forth" the hands, as a suppliant; Hdt., etc.; (so also in Mid., id=Hdt.); πρ. τινὶ χεῖρα Soph.: —intr. "to stretch forward", εἰς τὸ πέλαγος Plat.
2. πρ. δεξιάν "to offer" it as a pledge, Soph., etc.; so, πρ. πίστιν Dem.
3. "to hold out, tender, shew at a distance", Lat. ostentare, Hdt., Aesch., etc.:—so in Mid., Hdt., Plat.
4. "to put forward" as an objection, Dem.; so in Mid., Plat.
5. in Mid., μισθὸν προτείνεσθαι "to demand" as a reward, Hdt.