προτέλειος
προτέλειος
προ-τέλειος, ον,
τέλος
before consecration:—as Subst., προ-τέλεια (sc. ἱερά), τά, a sacrifice offered before any solemnity, προτέλεια ναῶν as an offering in behalf of the ships, Aesch.; προτέλεια παιδός a sacrifice before her marriage, Eur.
generally, a beginning, ἐν προτελείοις κάμακος in the preliminary conflicts, Aesch.; ἐν βιότου πρ. Aesch.