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===preposition===

Of place: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρό]] (gen.), [[πρόσθεν]] (gen.), [[ἐπίπροσθεν]] (gen.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἔμπροσθεν]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[πάρος]] (gen.), [[πάροιθε]] (gen.), [[πάροιθεν]] (gen.), [[πρόσθε]] (gen.).

Of time: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρό]] (gen.), [[prose|P.]] [[ἔμπροσθεν]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[πρόσθεν]] (gen.) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[πρόσθε]] (gen.), [[πάρος]] (gen.), [[πάροιθεν]] (gen.), [[πάροιθε]] (gen.).

Of preference or superiority: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρό]] (gen.), [[ἐπίπροσθεν]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[πάρος]] (gen.), [[πρόσθε]] (gen.), [[πάροιθεν]] (gen.), [[πάροιθε]] (gen.), [[prose|P.]] [[ἔμπροσθεν]] (gen.).

[[in the presence of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐναντίον]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀντίον]] (gen.).

[[into the presence of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παρά]] (acc.), ὡς (acc.).

[[appear before]] (a [[judge]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰσέρχεσθαι εἰς]] or [[εἰσέρχεσθαι πρός]] (acc.).

([[speak]], [[plead]]) [[before]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] ἐν (dat.).

[[Leochares is the cause of my speaking before you]]: [[prose|P.]] [[αἴτιος μέν ἐστι Λεωχαρὴς τοῦ… ἐμὲ λέγειν ἐν ὑμῖν]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 1080).

[[the citizens will become beller with this as an example before them]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τούτῳ παραδείγματι χρώμενοι βελτίους ἔσονται οἱ πολῖται]] (Lys. 140).

[[the day before]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τῇ προτεραίᾳ]] (gen. or absol.).

[[on the day before the trial]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τῇ προτεραίᾳ τῆς δίκης]] ([[Plato]], ''Phaedo'', 58A).

[[before heaven]] ([[in adjurations]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρὸς θεῶν]].

===adverb===

Of place: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρόσθεν]], [[ἐπίπροσθεν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἔμπροσθεν]].

Of time: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρόσθεν]], [[πρίν]], [[τὸ πρίν]], [[πρὸ τοῦ]], [[πρότερον]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἔμπροσθεν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πάρος]], [[verse|V.]] [[πάροιθεν τὸν πρὸ τοῦ χρόνον]].

[[formerly]], [[long ago]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πάλαι]], [[πάλαι ποτέ]]; see [[formerly]].

[[already]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἤδη]].

[[hitherto]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰς τὸ νῦν]], [[prose|P.]] [[μέχρι τοῦ νῦν]]; see [[hitherto]].

===conjunction===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρίν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[πρότερον]] ἤ, [[πρότερον πρίν]].

[[the day before he set sail]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τῇ προτεραίᾳ ἢ ἀνήγετο]] (Lys. 153).
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