II.
to cut off in front, cut short,
Lat.
praecidere
,
Od.
III.
Med.
to cut forward
or
in front
of one,
eij w\lka dihnekeva protamoivmhn
if in ploughing I cut a long furrow
before me,
Ib.
protenqeuvw
protenqeuvw , to taste and take out the tid-bits; generally, to have the pick of a thing, Ar. From protevnqh"protevnqh"
pro-tevnqh" , ou, oJ , one who picks out the tid-bits, a dainty fellow, gourmand, Ar. (Deriv. uncertain.)proterai`o"
proterai`o" , a, on , ( provtero" ) on the day before, th`/ proteraiva/ hJmevra/ Plat .; c. gen ., th`/ pr. hJmevra/ th`" mavch" Thuc .:—more commonly alone, th`/ proteraiva/ ( sub. hJmevra/ ), Lat. pridie , Hdt ., etc.proterevw
proterevw , f. hvsw , ( provtero" ) to be before, be in advance, Hdt .; pr. th`" oJdou` to be forward on the way, Id.2.
to be beforehand, take the lead,
Thuc.
3.
to gain an advantage,
Philipp. ap.
Dem.
Hence
protevrhma
protevrhma
protevrhma , ato", tov , an advantage, victory, Polyb.provtero"
provtero" and prw`to" , Comp. and Sup. formed from prov , as Lat. prior, primus , from prae.A.
Comp.
provtero"
,
a, on
,
I.
of Place,
before, in front, forward,
Il.;
povde" pr
. the
fore
feet, Od.
II.
of Time,
before, former, sooner,
Hom
.,
etc.
;
oiJ provteroi
men of former times,
Il.;
provtero" geneh`/
Ib.; but,
pr. pai`de"
children
by the first
or
a former marriage,
Od.;
th`/ protevrh/
(
sc.
hJmevra/
)
on the day before,
Lat.
pridie
,
Ib.;
oJ provtero" Dionuvsio"
Dionysius
the elder,
Xen
.:—the
Adj.
is often used where we use the
Adv.
,
o{ me provtero" kavkÆ e[orgen
Il.,
etc.
2. as a regular Comp. , c. gen ., Ib., Hdt. , etc. ; also foll. by h[, tw`/ protevrw/ e[tei> h] krhth`ra »ejlhivsanto1/4 Hdt.
III. of Rank, Worth, and generally of Precedence, before, above, superior, Dem .; pr. tino" prov" ti superior to him in a thing, Plat.
IV. after Hom. , neut. provteron as Adv. before, sooner, earlier, Hdt ., etc. ; ojlivgon pr . Plat. :— c. gen. , ojlivgw/ ti pr. touvtwn Hdt ., etc. ; most commonly foll. by h[ , Id., Att. ; also by privn, pri;n a[n, pri;n h[ , Hdt. , Att. ; also used with the Art., to; pr. tw`n ajndrw`n touvtwn Hdt .: Adv. often between Art. and Subst. , e.g. oJ provteron basileuv" Id.
B.
Sup.
prw`to"
,
h, on
,
contr.
from *
provato"
,
Dor.
pra`to"
:
I.
Adj.
first,
serving as the ordinal to the cardinal
ei|"
,
Hom.
2.
of Place,
first, foremost,
ejni; prwvtoisi
or
meta; prwvtoisi
alone, Il.;
ejn prwvtw/ rJumw`/
at the front
or
end
of the pole, Ib.;
prwvth/si quvrh/si
at the
first
or
outermost
doors, Ib.
3.
of Time,
pro;" prwvthn e{w
at
first
dawn,
Soph.
4.
of Order,
prw`toi pavntwn ajnqrwvpwn
Hdt
.;
th`/ prwvth/ tw`n hJmerw`n
Id.:—
ejn prwvtoi"
,
among the first,
then like
Lat.
imprimis
, above all, especially, greatly,
Id.; in
Att.
,
ejn toi`" prw`toi
(
v.
oJ
,
hJ
,
tov
A. IV. 7):—inlate Greek it is even foll. by a
gen.
,
prw`tov" mou
N.T.