προτί
Τί ὕπνος; Καμάτων ἀνάπαυσις, ἰατρῶν κατόρθωμα, δεδεμένων λύσις, ἀγρυπνούντων σοφία, νοσούντων εὐχή, θανάτου εἰκών, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πάσης πνοῆς ἡσυχία, πλουσίων ἐπιτήδευμα, πενήτων ἀδολεσχία, καθημερινὴ μελέτη. → What is sleep? Rest from toil, the success of physicians, the release of those who are bound, the wisdom of the wakeful, what sick men pray for, an image of death, the desire of those who toil in hardship, the rest of all the spirit, a principal occupation of the rich, the idle chatter of poor men, a daily object of concern.
English (LSJ)
A v. πρός.
German (Pape)
[Seite 792] alte, bes. ep. Form statt πρός, w. m. s.
French (Bailly abrégé)
poét. c. πρός.
English (Autenrieth)
I. adv., thereto, in addition; πρὸς δ' ἄρα πηδάλιον ποιήσατο, ‘to it,’ ‘for it,’ Od. 5.255 ; ποτὶ δ' αὖ καὶ ἐγείρομεν ἄλλους, besides, Il. 10.108; with a specifying case of a subst. in the same clause, ποτὶ δὲ σκῆπτρον βάλε γαίῃ (local gen.), threw it to (‘down,’ we should say) on the ground, Il. 1.245.—II. prep., (1) w. gen., with reference to motion either toward or from some direction, (ἵκετο) ἠὲ πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων, ‘from,’ Od. 8.29 ; προτὶ πτόλιος πέτετ' ἆεί, ‘toward,’ Il. 22.198; as of origin, source, ἀκούειν τι πρός τινος, Il. 6.525; hence to denote mastery, authority, διδάσκεσθαι πρός τινος, Il. 11.831; πρὸς ἄλλης ὑφαίνειν, ‘at the command of,’ Il. 6.456 ; πρὸς Διός εἰσι ξεῖνοι, ‘under the protection of,’ Od. 6.207; ‘in the eyes of,’ ‘before,’ ‘by,’ in oaths and entreaties, Il. 1.399, Il. 19.188, Od. 13.324.—(2) w. dat., to, at, on, besides, Od. 10.68.—(3) w. acc., to, toward, at, upon, with verbs of motion, and very freq. w. verbs of saying, so ὀμνύναι πρός τινα, Od. 14.331; of hostile action, μάχεσθαι πρὸς Τρῶας, with, against, Il. 17.471 ; πρὸς ῥόον, up stream, Il. 21.303; fig., πρὸς δαίμονα, Il. 17.98, 104.—Of time, ποτὶ ἕσπερα, ‘towards evening,’ Od. 17.191.
see πρός. For compounds with προτι-, see under προς-.
Greek Monolingual
Α
(επικ. τ.) βλ. προς.
