Sense

1. at the door

Examples

• ἡρ´ως Αἰετίωνος ἐπίσταθμος Ἀμφιπολίτεω ἵδρυμαι μικρῷ μικρὸς ἐπὶ προθύρῳ, λοξὸν ὄφιν καὶ μοῦνον ἔχων ξίφος: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3361)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.