προπάροιθε
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- προπάροιθ’ (propároith’) – apocopic
- προπάροιθεν (propároithen) – with movable nu
Etymology
προ- (pro-) + πάροιθε (pároithe)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.pá.roi̯.tʰe/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proˈpa.ry.tʰe/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈpa.ry.θe/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈpa.ry.θe/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈpa.ri.θe/
Preposition
προπάροιθε • (propároithe) (governs the genitive)
- before (spatial), in front of
- before (temporal), prior to
Adverb
προπάροιθε • (propároithe)
- before (spatial), in front
- beforehand (temporal), first
Further reading
- “προπάροιθε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press