πρό
πρό
before, Lat. prae:
PREP. WITH GENIT.:
of Place, before, in front of, πρὸ ἄστεος, πρὸ πυλάων Hom.; οὐρανόθι πρό Il.; χωρεῖν πρὸ δόμων to come out in front of, Soph.
before, in front of, for the purpose of shielding or guarding, στῆναι πρὸ Τρώων Il.:— in defence of, for, μάχεσθαι πρὸ γυναικῶν Il.; ὀλέσθαι πρὸ πόληος, Lat. pro patria mori, Il.
πρὸ ὁδοῦ further on the road, i. e. forwards, onward, Il.: (hence φροῦδος) .
of Time, before, πρὸ γάμοιο Od.; πρὸ ὁ τοῦ (= ὁ πρὸ τοῦ) ἐνόησεν one before the other, Il.; πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου Plat., etc.; πρὸ πολλοῦ long before, Hdt.; τὸ πρὸ τούτου before this, before, Thuc.; πρὸ τοῦ (often written προτοῦ) before, Hdt., Attic
in other relations:
of Preference, before, sooner or rather than, κέρδος πρὸ δίκας αἰνῆσαι to praise sleight before right, Pind.; πᾶν πρὸ τῆς παρεούσης λύπης anything before, rather than their actual grievance, Hdt.; πρὸ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαι to esteem above much, i. e. very highly, Isocr.; so, πρὸ πολλῶν χρημάτων τιμᾶσθαι Thuc.: redundant, after a comp., ἡ τυραννὶς πρὸ ἐλευθερίης ἀσπαστότερον Hdt.
of Cause or Motive, Lat. prae, for, out of, from, πρὸ φόβοιο for fear, Il.; πρὸ τῶνδε there fore, Soph.
POSITION: never after its case, except after the Epic gen. Ἰλιόθι πρό, οὐρανόθι πρό, ἠῶθι πρό.
πρό, absol. as adv.:
of Place, before, in front, forth, forward, Il.
of Time, before, beforehand, Od.: before, earlier, Hes.: prematurely, Aesch.
with other Preps. ἀποπρό, διαπρό, ἐπιπρό, περιπρό, προπρό, it strengthens the first prep.
πρό IN COMPOS.
with Substs., to denote
position before or in front, πρόθυρον, προπύλαια.
priority of rank, πρόεδρος; or of order, προοίμιον.
standing in anotherʼs place, πρόμαντις, πρόξενος.
with Adjs., to denote
proximity, readiness, πρόχειρος, πρόθυμος.
forth from, προθέλυμνος, πρόρριζος.
prematureness, πρόμοιρος, πρόωρος.
with Verbs,
of Place, before, forwards, προβαίνω, προβάλλω· also before, in defence, προκινδυνεύω.
forth, προέλκω, προφέρω:—also publicly, προειπεῖν.
giving away, προδίδωμι.
before, in preference, προαιροῦμαι, προτιμάω.
before, beforehand, προαισθάνομαι, προνοέω, προοράω.
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