Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προί̈ωξις

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Principal Part: προί̈ωξις προί̈ωξεως

Sense

  1. pursuit of the foremost

Examples

  • ἐν δὲ Προί̈ωξίσ τε Παλίωξίσ τε τέτυκτο, ἐν δ’ Ὅμαδόσ τε Φόβοσ τ’ Ἀνδροκτασίη τε δεδήει, ἐν δ’ Ἔρισ, ἐν δὲ Κυδοιμὸσ ἐθύνεον, ἐν δ’ ὀλοὴ Κὴρ ἄλλον ζωὸν ἔχουσα νεούτατον, ἄλλον ἀούτον, ἄλλον τεθνηῶτα κατὰ μόθον ἕλκε ποδοῖιν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. pursuit of the foremost

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

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