Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προθέσμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προθέσμιος προθέσμιᾱ προθέσμιον

Structure: προθεσμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qesmo/s

Sense

  1. fore-appointed
  2. a day appointed beforehand, an appointed time

Examples

  • καὶ εἴ τινων ἤδη τὰ σώματα ὑπερημέρων ὄντων ταῖσ νομίμοισ προθεσμίαισ κατέχεται, καὶ ταῦτ’ ἐλεύθερα εἶναι κρίνομεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 83 7:3)

Synonyms

  1. fore-appointed

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

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