5.
of Rank,
meta; prwvtoisin
among
the first men
of the state, Od.,
etc.
II.
neut. pl.
prw`ta, tav
,
1.
(
sc.
a\qla
),
the first prize,
Il.,
Soph.
2.
the first part, beginning,
th`s jIliavdo" ta; pr
.
Plat.
,
etc.
3.
the first, highest,
in degree,
ta; pr. ta`" limw`
(
Dor.
)
the extremities
of famine,
Ar.
;
ej" ta; prw`ta tima`sqai
Thuc
.:—of persons,
ejw;n tw`nÆEretrievwn ta; prw`ta
Hdt
.;
ta; prw`ta th`" ejkei` mocqhriva"
the chief
of the rascality down there,
Ar.
III.
as
Adv.
,
1.
th;n prwvthn
(
sc.
w{ran, oJdovn
)
first, at present, just now,
Hdt
.,
etc.
; so,
th;n prwvthn ei\nai
, like
eJkw;n ei\nai
,
at first,
Id.
2.
with Preps.,
ajpo; prwvth"
(
sc.
ajrch`"
),
Thuc.
3.
most commonly in
neut. sing.
and
pl.
,
prw`ton, prw`ta
,
a.
first, in the first place,
Lat.
primum
,
Hom
.,
etc.
b.
=
provteron
,
before,
Xen
.,
Anth.
4.
first, for the first time,
Soph
.,
etc.
;
ejpei; prw`ton
,
Lat.
quum primum
, as soon as,
Hom
.; so,
oJppovte ke prw`ton
Od.;
o{te
or
o{tan pr
.
Dem.
;
eja;n
or
h]n pr
.
Plat.
IV. Adv. prwvtw" , Arist. , etc.
protevrw , Adv. (from prov , as ajpotevrw from ajpov ), further, forwards, Hom .; kaiv nuv ke dh; protevrw e[tÆ e[ri" gevnetÆ the quarrel would have gone further, Il. Hence protevrwse
protevrwse
protevrwse , Adv. toward the front, forward, H. Hom.
proteuvcw
pro-teuvcw , to do beforehand: — pf. pass. inf. protetuvcqai , to have happened beforehand, to be past, Il.
protiv
protiv »iØ1/4 , Ep. form of prov" , Hom.
protiavptw
proti-avptw, -bavllomai, -eilevw, -ei`pon , v. pro"- .
protivqhmi
pro-tivqhmi , 3 pl. proqevousi : f. -qhvsw : aor. I prou[qhka :— Med. , aor. I proeqhkavmhn :— Pass. , aor. I proujtevqhn ; the pres. and impf. pass. are supplied by provkeimai :— to place or set before, set out, esp. of meals, trapevza" provtiqen ( Ep. for proujtivqesan ) Od.; dai`tav tini proqei`nai Hdt ., etc. :— Med. to have set before one, dai`ta Id.
2. like Lat. projicere , pr. tina; kusivn to throw him to the dogs, Il.; pr. tina; qhrsi;n aJrpaghvn Eur.
3.
generally
to hand over to, give over to,
tiv tini
Soph.
4.
to expose
a child,
Hdt.
,
etc.
5.
to set up as a mark
or
prize, propose,
ajevqlou"
Id.;
a{millan
Eur
.:
—Pass
.,
proujtevqhn a\qlon dorov"
Id.
b.
to propose as a penalty,
qavnaton pr. zhmivan
Thuc
.,
etc.
6.
to set forth, fix, set,
ej" eJbdomhvkonta e[tea ou\ron th`" zovh" pr
.
Hdt.
; so in
Med.
,
ou|ron