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πρόθυρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόθυρον πρόθυρου

Structure: προθυρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: qu/ra

Sense

  1. the front-door, the door leading from the
  2. the space before a door, porch or verandah

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πρόθυρον προθύρω πρόθυρα
Genitive προθύρου προθύροιν προθύρων
Dative προθύρῳ προθύροιν προθύροις
Accusative πρόθυρον προθύρω πρόθυρα
Vocative πρόθυρον προθύρω πρόθυρα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ προσκυνήσει ἐπὶ τοῦ προθύρου τῆσ πύλησ καὶ ἐξελεύσεται καὶ ἡ πύλη οὐ μὴ κλεισθῇ ἕωσ ἑσπέρασ. καὶ προσκυνήσει ὁ λαὸσ τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ τὰ πρόθυρα τῆσ πύλησ ἐκείνησ ἐν τοῖσ σαββάτοισ καὶ ἐν ταῖσ νουμηνίαισ ἐναντίον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 46:3)
  • ὦ δέσποτ’ ἄναξ γεῖτον ἀγυιεῦ προθύρου προπύλαιε, δέξαι τελετὴν καινὴν ὦναξ, ἣν τῷ πατρὶ καινοτομοῦμεν, παῦσόν τ’ αὐτοῦ τοῦτο τὸ λίαν στρυφνὸν καὶ πρίνινον ἦθοσ, ἀντὶ σιραίου μέλιτοσ μικρὸν τῷ θυμιδίῳ παραμείξασ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Lyric-Scene, anapests1)
  • ἐπιζητούντων δὲ τῶν ποιμνίων τὴν συνήθη νομήν, ἀνοίξασ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ προθύρου στὰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ ἐκπετάσασ ἐψηλάφα τὰ ποίμνια. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 7 8:1)
  • "εἶκε, γέρον, προθύρου, μὴ δὴ τάχα καὶ ποδὸσ ἕλκῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 2:1)
  • ἡρ́ωασ δ’ ἄχοσ εἷλε, διὲκ προθύρου δὲ θύραζε ἕλκον ἀναί̈ξαντεσ, ἀπ’ οὐάτα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ ῥῖνάσ τ’ ἀμήσαντεσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 38:7)

Synonyms

  1. the front-door

Related

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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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