proteras

πρότερος
and πρῶτος, comparative and superlative formed from πρό, opposed to ὕστερος, ὕστατος. comparative πρότερος, α, ον,
I of Place, before, in front, π. πόδες the fore-feet, Refs 8th c.BC+; π. ἵπποι horses in front, Refs 5th c.BC+ — but mostly,
II of Time, former, earlier, ἄνδρες Refs 8th c.BC+; οἱ π. men of former times, Refs 8th c.BC+: also, older, opposed to ὁπλότερος, Refs; but παῖδες π. children by the first or a former marriage, Refs 8th c.BC+; τῇ προτέρῃ (i.e. ἡμέρᾳ) on the day before, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἠοῖ τῇ π. Refs 8th c.BC+; τοῦ π. ἐνιαυτοῦ the year before, Refs; τοῖς π. Παναθηναίοις the preceding P., Refs; τὰ π. what has preceded, Refs 3rd c.AD+:—frequently used predicatively, sometimes where we should expect the adverb (which is never used by Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 as regular comparative, with genitive, ἐμέο πρότερος Refs 8th c.BC+; τῇ π. ἡμέρᾳ τῆς τροπῆς the day before.. , Refs 5th c.BC+
III of Rank, Worth, and generally of Precedence, superior, τῷ γένει, τῇ δυνάμει, Refs 4th c.BC+; π. τινὸς πρός τι superior to him in.., Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τι ἄγειν, π. ποιήσασθαι τὰ σὰ πράγματα, Refs 4th c.AD+
IV after Refs 8th c.BC+ frequently as adverb, before, earlier, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀλίγον π. Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλοῖσι ἔτεσι π. τούτωνRefs 4th c.BC+; also πρὸ τῶν Περσικῶν δέκα ἔτεσι π. Refs 5th c.BC+; τούτου π. Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, π. ἢ βασιλεῦσαι Refs 5th c.BC+; by πρὶν ἤ with verb in Indic., Refs; also οὐ π. εἰ μὴ.. Refs 1st c.AD+; οὐ π. ἕως.., or ἕως ἂν.., Refs 5th c.BC+., also, for the first time, Ep. Gal.Refs 5th c.BC+: the adverb is frequently put between Article and substantive, ὁ π. βασιλεύς Refs 5th c.BC+
B superlative πρῶτος, η, ον, Doric dialect πρᾶτος (which see):
B.I as adjective,
B.I.1 of Place, foremost, πρώτοισιν ἐνὶ προμάχοισι μιγέντα Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐν πρώτοις, μετὰ πρώτοισι alone, Refs 8th c.BC+; τῆς πρώτης τάττειν (i.e. τάξεως) Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν π. ῥυμῷ at the front or end of the pole, Refs 8th c.BC+; πρώτῃσι θύρῃσιν at the outermost doors, Refs; π. ξύλον the front bench, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ π. πόδες, like{πρόσθιοι}, Refs
B.I.2 of Time, στάντα πρὸς π. ἕω looking towards first dawn, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.I.3 of Order, serving as ordinal to εἷς, ἄεθλα θῆκε.. τῷ πρώτῳ· ἀτὰρ αὖ τῷ δευτέρῳ.., αὐτὰρ τῷ τριτάτῳ.., κτλ., Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to τελευταῖος, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to τανύστατος, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τοῦ π. [ἱερείου] first-offered, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν τοῖς π. λόγοις in the earlier books, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐν πρώτοις among the first, Refs 4th c.BC+; hence, above all, especially, Refs 5th c.BC+; in Attic dialect, ἐν τοῖς πρῶτοι (see. ὁ, ἡ, τό Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.3.b Philos., first in order of existence, primary, αἱ π. οὐσίαι Refs 4th c.BC+; primitive, simple, οἰκία π., ἡ π. πόλις, Refs; ὁ π. συλλογισμός normal, typical, Refs; τὰ π. σώματα, μόρια,= τὰ ὁμοιομερῆ, Refs 2nd c.AD+; πρῶτα κατὰ φύσιν, e.g. health, perception, Refs
B.I.3.c in Mathematics texts, πρῶτοι ἀριθμοί prime numbers, Refs 3rd c.BC+; but also, first numbers (= 1 to 100,000,000) in the notation of Refs 3rd c.BC+
B.I.3.d πρῶτος is sometimes used where we should expect πρότερος, Αἰνείας δὲ πρῶτος ἀκόντισεν Refs 8th c.BC+: in late Greek followed by genitive, πρῶτός μου ἦν NT+2nd c.AD+; ἀλόχου πρῶτος before his wife, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.I.4 of Rank or Dignity, μετὰ πρώτοισιν among the first men of the state, Refs 8th c.BC+; διαβάλλειν τοὺς π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ π. τῆς πόλεως, as a title, Refs; ὁ π. τῆς νήσου NT; τῶν π. φίλων, title at the Ptolemaic court, Refs 2nd c.BC+; τῶν π., as military title, Refs 3rd c.BC+: with genitive, ἐν πρώτοισι Μυκηναίων Refs 8th c.BC+
B.I.5 of Degree, first, highest, μοῖρα Refs
B.II as substantive in neuter plural πρῶτα, τά,
B.II.1 (i.e. ἆθλα), first prize, τὰ π. λαβών Refs 8th c.BC+
B.II.2 first part, beginning, τῆς Ἰλιάδος τὰ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν τοῖς π. Refs
B.II.3 first, highest, in degree, τὰ π. τᾶς λιμῶ (Doric dialect) the extremities of famine, Refs 5th c.BC+; φρενῶν ἐς τὰ ἐμεωυτοῦ π. οὔκω ἀνήκω I have not yet come to the highest development of my judgment, Refs 5th c.BC+; of persons, ἐὼν τῶν Ἐρετριέων τὰ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; Λάμπων.. Αἰγινητέων [ἐὼν] τὰ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐστὶν τὰ π. τῆς ἐκεῖ μοχθηρίας (of a person) Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.4 Philos., primary things, elements, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.5 in Logic, the first undemonstrable propositions, on which all future conclusions rest, Refs
B.III in Adverbial phrases,
B.III.1 τὴν πρώτην (i.e. ὥραν, ὁδόν) first, for the present, just now, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.III.2 with Preps., ἀπὸ πρώτης (i.e. ἀρχῆς) Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; παρὰ τὴν π. the first time, opposed to ἐπὶ τῆς δευτέρας, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.III.3 frequently as adverb in neuter singular and plural, πρῶτον, πρῶτα,
B.III.3.a first, in the first place, πρῶτόν τε καὶ ὕστατον (vulgar form ὕστερον) Refs 8th c.BC+; τί π. τοι ἔπειτα, τί δ᾽ ὑστάτιον καταλέξ; Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently answered only by δέ, Refs; sometimes the answering clause must be supplied, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρῶτα μὲν.., ἔπειτα δὲ.. X Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπεί σε πρῶτα κιχάνω since my first meeting is with you, Refs 8th c.BC+, first, in the first place, at the beginning, ὡς τὸ π. ὑπέστην καὶ κατένευσα Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ μὲν οὖν π. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ π..., μετὰ ταῦτα.. Refs 8th c.BC+
B.b too early, before the time, ἦ τ᾽ ἄρα καὶ σοὶ πρῶτα (variant for{πρωΐ}) παραστήσεσθαι ἔμελλε Μοῖρ᾽ ὀλοή Refs 8th c.BC+
B.c ={πρότερον}, before, ἢν.. πρῶτον ἀπόλωμαι κακῶς Refs 5th c.BC+; θάλασσα π. ἦν ἢ γενέσθαι γῆν variant in Refs 4th c.BC+
B.d first, for the first time, οὐ.. νῦν πρῶτα ποδώκεος ἄντ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος στήσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+
B.e πρῶτον, πρῶτα are used after the relative pronoun and after relative adverbs, like Engl.once (= at all), οὐδ᾽ ἐνοσίχθων λήθετ᾽ ἀπειλάων, τὰς.. Ὀδυσῆϊ π. ἐπηπείλησε Refs 8th c.BC+; μοῖραν δ᾽ οὔ τινά φημι πεφυγμένον ἔμμεναι ἀνδρῶν.. ἐπὴν τὰ π. γένηται when once he is born,Refs 8th c.BC+; also ἐπεὶ τὸ (or τὰ) π. now that.. , ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν τὸ π. ἀνέκραγον, οὐκ ἐπικεύσω now that I have spoken up,Refs 8th c.BC+participle, τῷ ῥ᾽ Αἴας τὸ π. ἐφεζόμενος μέγ᾽ ἀάσθη (the rock) on which once seated Aeschylus blasphemed, Refs 8th c.BC+: the sense as soon as is never necessary in Refs 8th c.BC+, but is possible in Refs 8th c.BC+; δινέμεν εὖτ᾽ ἂν πρῶτα φανῇ σθένος Ὠαρίωνος when once (or perhaps, as soon as), Refs 8th c.BC+; ὅπως τις πρῶτα γένοιτο πάντας ἀποκρύπτεσκε as soon as each was born, Refs; ὡς τὸ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; αὖθίς με ἀνερέσθαι ὅταν ἐντύχῃς πρῶτον the first time you meet me, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.IV adverb πρώτως primarily, first in Refs 4th c.BC+; π. καθ᾽ αὑτό, opposed to κατὰ συμβεβηκός, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.IV.2 ὅτε π. ἐπεδήμησεν.. when he first visited.., Refs 2nd c.AD+ —(From πρῶτος was formed a new _superlative_ πρώτιστος, which see)

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