πρώην: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. πρώᾱν Theoc.5.4,15.15; contr. πρῶν Call.''Fr.''84, Herod.5.62; πρᾶν Theoc.2.115:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[lately]], [[just now]], Il.5.832, 24.500, Ar.''Fr.''408, Alex.258, Herod.l.c., ''UPZ''42.25 (ii B.C.), Cic.''Att.''6.4.3, etc.; in a book, [[above]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1104b18.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[long ago]], Procop.Gaz. ''Pan.''p.505 B.; <b class="b3">Ἀγησίλαος ὁ π.</b> ib.p.514 B.<br><span class="bld">II</span> more definitely, [[the day before yesterday]], <b class="b3">οὐ.. χθές, ἀλλὰ π.</b> Th.3.113; <b class="b3">μέχρι οὗ π. τε καὶ χθές</b> till yesterday or [[the day before]], i.e. till [[very lately]], Hdt.2.53; π. καὶ χθές D.44.42; <b class="b3">χθές τε καὶ π.</b> Ar.''Ra.''726; <b class="b3">χθὲς καὶ π.</b> Pl.''Lg.''677d; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐχθὲς καὶ π.</b> Id.''Grg.''470d; <b class="b3">ἐχθὲς καὶ π.</b> Isoc.6.27; <b class="b3">ἄρτι καὶ π., ὀψὲ καὶ π.</b>, Plu.''Brut.''1, 2.394b. (The first [[syllable]] of [[πρώαν]] is short in Theoc. ll.cc.; πρόαν is written in 15.15 (codd. opt.), [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in 4.60.)