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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

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 ἐξελεύσῃ εἰσ τὸ πολυάνδριον υἱῶν τῶν τέκνων αὐτῶν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῶν προθύρων πύλησ τῆσ Χαρσείθ, καὶ ἀνάγνωθι ἐκεῖ πάντασ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ, οὓσ ἂν λαλήσω πρὸσ σέ, (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 19:2)
  • καὶ εἰσήγαγέ με εἰσ τὴν αὐλὴν οἴκου Κυρίου τὴν ἐσωτέραν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπὶ τῶν προθύρων τοῦ ναοῦ Κυρίου ἀναμέσον τῶν αἰλὰμ καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ὡσ εἴκοσι ἄνδρεσ, τὰ ὀπίσθια αὐτῶν πρὸσ τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀπέναντι, καὶ οὗτοι προσκυνοῦσι τῷ ἡλίῳ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 8:16)
  • ΚΑΙ ἀνέλαβέ με πνεῦμα καὶ ἤγαγέ με ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τὴν κατέναντι τὴν βλέπουσαν κατὰ ἀνατολάσ. καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπὶ τῶν προθύρων τῆσ πύλησ ὡσ εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἄνδρεσ, καὶ εἶδον ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν τὸν Ἰεζονίαν τὸν τοῦ Ἔζερ καὶ Φαλτίαν τὸν τοῦ Βαναίου, τοὺσ ἀφηγουμένουσ τοῦ λαοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 11:1)
  • ἃ Κύπρον, ἅ τε Κύθηρα, καὶ ἃ Μίλητον ἐποιχνεῖσ, καὶ καλὸν Συρίησ ἱπποκρότου δάπεδον, ἔλθοισ ἵλαοσ Καλλιστίῳ, ἣ τὸν ἐραστὴν οὐδέ ποτ’ οἰκείων ὦσεν ἀπὸ προθύρων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1311)
  • ἤν ποτε καὶ στεφάνουσ προθύρων ὕπερ ἐκκρεμάσωμαι, ὀργισθεῖσα πατεῖ τοῖσ σοβαροῖσ ἴχνεσιν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 923)

Synonyms

  1. the front-door

Related

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

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