προτακτικός
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A used as prefix, φωνήεντα D.T.631.7; στοιχεῖα, συλλαβή, A.D.Synt.7.5,7; σύνδεσμος, opp. ὑποτακτικός, ib.306.6; ἄρθρον π. the prepositive article, ὁ, ἡ, τό, Trypho ap.eund. Synt.306.15; π. θέσις A.D.Adv.180.7. Adv. προ-κῶς, opp. ὑποτακτικῶς, Id.Synt.227.15, cf.Syrian.in Metaph.164.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 790] ή, όν, vorausstellend, voranzusetzen, Sp.; ἄρθρον προτακτικόν, bei den Gramm., articulus praepositivus, ὁ, ἡ, τό.