πρίν — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

πρίνtemporal adv. and conjreltd.πρόsts. πρῑ́νHom.Aadv at some time or times in the pastearlier, formerly, previouslyHom.alsoτὸ πρίνHom.quasi-adjl.ἐν τοῖς πρὶν λόγοιςin the previous speechesTh.before a specified timeeither past or futurebefore then, beforehand, sooner, firstHom.πρὶν κνέφας ἦλθεdarkness arrived firstbefore sthg. could happenIl.πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιold age will overtake him firstIl.in the first of two co-ordinated cls., as antecedent to conj. πρίν, freq. w.neg., chiefly ep.οὐδέ τις ἔτλη πρὶν πιέειν, πρὶν λεῖψαιand no one presumed to drink first, before pouring a libationIl.as prep.beforew.gen.the due timei.e. prematurelyPi.Bconj usu. after a positive main cl., sts. after neg.cl.at a time precedingan activitybeforew.inf.acc. + inf.doing sthg., someone does sthg., sthg. happensHom.alsoπρὶν ἤIl. Hdt. up to a specified timeuntilw.indic.usu. aor.someone did sthg., sthg. happenedhHom.alsoπρίν γ᾿ ὅτεHom.after neg.cl., ref. to pres. or fut. timeuntilunlessw.subj.or ἄν + subj.after historic tensesopt.someone does sthg., sthg. happensHom.alsoπρίν γ᾿ ὅτεHom.πρὶν ἤHdt.

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before; (after negated main clause) until

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