Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προθύραιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προθύραιος προθύραιᾱ προθύραιον

Structure: προθυραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qu/ra

Sense

  1. before the door;, the space before a door

Examples

  • οὐ μὰ τάδ’ ἀθανάτων εὐκόσμητα προθύραια. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 40:11)

Similar forms

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

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