Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρόωρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόωρος πρόωρον

Structure: προωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w(/ra

Sense

  1. before the time, untimely

Declension

First/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

  • τύμβου δ’ ἐν πατέρων κενεοῦ λάχεν ὃν πέρι Προμηθὶσ μήτηρ, λυγρῇ ὄρνιθι πότμον εἰκέλη, αἰαῖ κωκύει τὸν ἑὸν γόνον ἤματα πάντα, λέγουσα τὸν πρόωρον ὡσ ἀπέφθιτο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 27 1:1)
  • Ὑμνίδα τὴν Εὐάνδρου, ἐράσμιον αἰὲν ἄθυρμα οἰκογενέσ, κούρην αἱμύλον εἰναέτιν, ἡρ́πασασ, ὦ ἄλλιστ’ Αἴδη, τί πρόωρον ἐφιεὶσ μοῖραν τῇ πάντωσ σεῖὸ ποτ’ ἐσσομένῃ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6431)

Synonyms

  1. before the time

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

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