πρώτιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, also ος, ον ''h.Cer.''157:—poet. and late Prose Sup. of [[πρῶτος]], [[the very first]], Il.2.228, 16.656, Od.19.447; [[πολὺ πρώτιστος]] = [[by far the first]] Il.2.702, Od.14.220, etc.; ὁ πρώτιστος [[χρόνος]], opp. ὁ [[ἐνεστώς]], ''PEleph.''10.4 (iii B.C.); [[principal]], [[primal]], θεὰ πρωτίστη Νύξ Phld.''Piet.''14; [[αἰτία]] Procl.''Inst.'' 12; τῶν φύσει κρειττόνων πρώτιστος ὁ [[δημιουργός]] Hierocl. ''in CA''3p.424M., cf. Iamb.''Comm.Math.''4, al., Dexipp.''Fr.''32(b)J., Agath.3.2: neut. [[πρώτιστον]] as adverb, [[first of all]], Od.10.462, 20.60, al., Pi.''N.''5.25, B.8.11, Ar.''Lys.''555, D.43.75, Antiph.98: also pl. [[πρώτιστα]] Il.1.105, Od.3.419, Hes.''Op.''109, A.''Fr.''195, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1439, ''El.''669, Ar.''Pl.''792; [[ἐπειδὴ πρώτιστον]] = [[now that]], Alc.15.7; [[ὅτε πρώτιστον]] = [[when aforetime]], Call.''Aet.Oxy.''2079.21; [[especially]], [[principally]], πρώτιστα ἁλίσκεται ἐνταῦθα τὸ ὄψον Str.12.3.19: also [[τὸ πρώτιστον]] E.''Supp.''430; [[τὰ πρώτιστα]] Od.11.168.