πρώϊμος
From LSJ
πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man
English (LSJ)
ον, Ion. πρόϊμος cj. in Call.Fr.482 (Hermes 24.453):—
A early, of fruits, X.Oec.17.4, Arist.Pr.924b5, OGI56.68 (Canopus, iii B.C.); of winter, Cat.Cod.Astr.1.172; ὥρη Call.l.c.; also, born early, ἄρνες PCair.Zen.771.10 (iii B.C.). 2 metaph., precocious, π. πονηρία Metrod.Fr.56. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον PTeb.27.25 (ii B.C.).