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πρᾶτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρᾶτος πρᾶτη πρᾶτον

Structure: πρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: doric for prw=tos (contr. from pro/atos) Ar., Theocr.

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Examples

  • πρᾶτοσ δ’ ἄρξατο Δάφνισ, ἐπεὶ καὶ πρᾶτοσ ἔρισδε. (Theocritus, Idylls, 4)
  • πρᾶτοσ δ’ ὦν ποτὶ Δάφνιν ἰδὼν ἀγόρευε Μενάλκασ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 3)
  • πρᾶτοσ δ’ ὦν ἀείδε λαχὼν ἰυκτὰ Μενάλκασ, εἶτα δ’ ἀμοιβαίαν ὑπελάμβανε Δάφνισ ἀοιδάν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 28)
  • οὕτω δὲ Μενάλκασ ἄρξατο πρᾶτοσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 30)

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

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