prhwvn
prhwvn , w`no", oJ , Ep. for prwvn , Hes.
privamai
*
priva±mai
, defect.
Dep.
, from which is formed
ejpriavmhn
(
aor.
2 of
wjnevomai
): 2
sing.
ejprivw
,
Ep.
3
sing.
privato
:
imperat.
privaso, privw
:
subj.
privwmai
, 2
sing.
privh/
:
opt.
priaivmhn
:
inf.
privasqai
(not
priavsqai
):
part.
priavmeno"
: (
peravw
):
to have
a thing
sold to one, to buy, purchase,
Hom
.,
Att.
;
c. dat.
pretii,
pr. kteavtessin eJoi`sin
to buy with
ones money, Od.;
c. gen
.,
pr. qanavtoio
to purchase by
his death,
Pind.
;
pr. ti talavntou
Xen
.;
p. pollou`
Id.;
metaph.
,
oujdeno;" lovgou privasqai
to buy at
no price,
Soph.
;
pr. ti parav tino"
Hdt
.:
pr. tivmion tou[laion
to buy
it dear,
Ar.
2. to farm a tax, Xen.
Priva±mo" , ou, oJ , Priam, Il., etc. ; prob. a chief, king, (prob. from prov ), Patron. Priamivdh" , oJ , Ep. gen. -ew and -ao , Il.: Adj. Priamikov" , hv, ovn , of or like Priam, Arist .; poët. fem. Priamiv" , ivdo" , Eur.
Privapo"
Priva<Eth>po" , Ion. Privhpo" , oJ , Prißpus, the god of gardens and vineyards, and generally of country life, Luc. : Adj. Pri<Eth>avpeio" , a, on , Anth.
privn
privn »iØ1/4 , Adv. , formed with a comparative force from prov :
A.
Adv.
of Time,
before,
I.
of future time,
before that time, sooner,
with
fut.
Indic. or Subj. =
fut.
,
Hom.
: with
Opt.
and
ken
, Od.
II. of past time, aforetime, formerly, once, erst, Hom .; so with the Art., to; privn ge. . , nu`n de;. . ; nu`n de;. . to; privn ge Il.:with the Art. the Part. w[n is omitted, ta; pri;n pelwvria ( sc. o[nta ) the giants of old, Aesch .; ejn tw`/ pri;n crovnw/ Soph .; ejn toi`" pri;n lovgoi" Thuc.
B.
pri;n h[
, as Conjunction,
before that, before, ere, priusquam,
Hom
.; but
h[
is often omitted, so that
privn
becomes a Conjunction: the antecedent clause also has
privn
(or
provteron, provsqen, pavro"
), so that
privn
the Conjunction is relat. to
privn
the
Adv.
, especially after a
negat.
:it is constructed with Inf.,
nai`e de; Phvdaion, pri;n ejlqei`n ui|a" jAcaiw`n
Il.;
oujde; pauvsetai covlou, pri;n kataskh`yaiv tina
Eur.
II.
with a finite Verb:
1.
with Ind., in which case
Hom.
uses
privn gÆ o{te, privn gÆ o{te dhv
,
until,
mavch tevtato, privn gÆ o{te dh; Zeu;" ku`do" {Ektori dw`ke
Il.; so,
oujk h\n ajlevxhmÆ oujdevn, privn gÆ ejgw; sfivsin e[deixa
Aesch.
2. with Subj. only after negatives or equiv. of neg., ouj katadusovmeqÆ, pri;n movrsimon h\mar ejpevlqh/ we will not go down, till the day of death come on, Od.;in Att. pri;n a[n is regular, oujdevn ejsti tevrma moi movcqwn, pri;n a]n Zeu;" ejkpevsh/ turannivdo" Aesch .; but a[n is sometimes omitted, mh; stevnaze, pri;n mavqh/" Soph .; as always with pri;n h[, pri;n h] ajnorqwvswsi Hdt.
3. with Opt. , after historical tenses, oujk e[qelen feuvgein pri;n peirhvsaitÆ jAcilh`o" Il.; e[doxev moi mh; poiei`sqai, pri;n fravsaimiv soi Soph.
prinivdion
pri<Eth>nivdion »niØ1/4, tov , Dim. of pri`no" , Ar.