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|Definition=α, ον, (πρότερος) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[previous to]], qualifying [[ἡμέρα]], c. gen., <b class="b3">τῇ π. ἡμέρᾳ τῆς μάχης</b> on the day [[before]] the battle, <span class="bibl">Th.5.75</span>: more freq. alone, <b class="b3">τῇ π</b>. (sc. [[ἡμέρᾳ]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.84</span>, <span class="bibl">126</span>, etc. (in full, <b class="b3">τῇ π. ἡμέρᾳ</b> (s. v.l.) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>59d</span>): c. gen., <b class="b3">τῇ π. τῆς . . καταστάσιος μελλούσης ἔσεσθαι</b> [[the day before]] the audience, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.9</span>; τῇ π. τῆς θυσίας <span class="bibl">And. 4.29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>58a</span>; τῇ π. ᾗ ἀνήγετο <span class="bibl">Lys.19.22</span>; τῇ π. ὅτε ταῦτ' ἔλεγεν <span class="bibl">D.21.119</span>; <b class="b3">κραιπαλῶντα ἔτι ἐκ τῆς π</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>176d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[former]], <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν γονέων π. ὄψις</b> the [[former]] condition... <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>2 iii 6</span> (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[προτεραίτερος]], Com. Comp. of [[πρότερος]], '[[soonerer]]', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1165</span>.</span>