Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρώιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρώιος πρώιη πρώιον

Structure: πρωι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.:

Sense

  1. early
  2. early in the day, at early morn
  3. early in the year, early

Examples

  • Σέλευκοσ δ’ ἐν Γλώσσαισ πρῳτερικήν φησι καλεῖσθαι γένοσ τι συκῆσ, ἥτισ φέρει πρώιον τὸν καρπόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 12 1:1)
  • βραδύτερον παρελθόντοσ ἑσπέριὸσ μ’ ἐδάμασσεν ὁμοῦ καὶ πρώιοσ ὕπνοσ, ὅσ μὲν ἐπιβρίσασ, ὃσ δέ με μὴ καλέσασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4811)
  • ἀλλ’ ἱκέτησ πρώιοσ εὐθὺσ ἔβην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 256 1:3)
  • πεντάδα τὴν σταφυλῆσ εὐρώγεα, καὶ μελιηδὲσ πρώιον εὐφύλλων σῦκον ἀπ’ ἀκρεμόνων, καὶ ταύτην ἀπέτηλον ἁλινήκτειραν ἐλαίην, καὶ ψαιστῶν ὀλίγον δρᾶγμα πενιχραλέων, καὶ σταγόνα σπονδῖτιν, ἀεὶ θυέεσσιν ὀπηδόν, τὴν κύλικοσ βαιῷ πυθμένι κευθομένην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1902)
  • Ἀκτῖτ’ ὦ καλαμευτά, ποτὶ ξερὸν ἔλθ’ ἀπὸ πέτρασ, καί με λάβ’ εὐάρχαν πρώιον ἐμπολέα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3041)
  • ἐάροσ δὲ ἐπιλάμψαντοσ πρώιοσ συνελέγετο ἐσ Σάμον· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 130 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. early

  2. early in the day

  3. early in the year

Related

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

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