Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παροίτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παροίτερος παροίτερᾱ παροίτερον

Structure: παροιτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Comp. of pa/roiqe

Sense

  1. the one before or in front

Examples

  • ἵπποι δ’ αὐταὶ ἐάσι παροίτεραι, αἳ τὸ πάροσ περ, Εὐμήλου, ἐν δ’ αὐτὸσ ἔχων εὔληρα βέβηκε. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 43:8)

Synonyms

  1. the one before or in front

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

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