οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
προ-, εἰς, ἔστε, ἕστε, ἕως, πάροιθεν, πρίν, πρότερον