πρόσωθεν

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σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ λαλεῖν ἃ μὴ πρέπει → it's better to keep silence than to say what's not appropriate (Menander)

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Full diacritics: πρόσωθεν Medium diacritics: πρόσωθεν Low diacritics: πρόσωθεν Capitals: ΠΡΟΣΩΘΕΝ
Transliteration A: prósōthen Transliteration B: prosōthen Transliteration C: prosothen Beta Code: pro/swqen

English (LSJ)

Att. πόρρωθεν, Dor. πόρσωθεν Archyt.1, Ep. πρόσσοθεν Il.23.533: Adv. (πρόσω):—

   A from afar, opp. ἐγγύθεν, ἐλαύνων πρόσσοθεν ἵππους Il.l.c.; πρόσωθεν βαλεῖν, προσδέρκεσθαι, A.Ag.947, 952; κλύειν Id.Eu.297, cf. 397; στείχειν S.Aj.723; οὐ ταὐτὸν εἶδος φαίνεται τῶν πραγμάτων, πρόσωθεν ὄντων ἐγγύθεν θ' ὁρωμένων E.Ion 586; πόρρωθεν ἀσπάζεσθαι, ἀναγνῶναι, etc., Pl.Chrm.153b, R.368d, etc.:—Comp. πορρωτέρωθεν, from a more distant point, σκοπεῖν Isoc. 4.23, cf. 6.16, 12.120,16.4, Thphr.Sud.4.    2 distantly, in sense, D.L.7.16.    II of Time, from long ago, E.Hipp.831 (lyr.), Pl. Chrm.155a, D.10.46, etc.