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|mdlsjtxt=<br />[[before]], Lat. [[prae]]:<br />A. PREP. WITH GENIT.:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of Place, [[before]], in [[front]] of, πρὸ ἄστεος, πρὸ πυλάων Hom.; [[οὐρανόθι]] πρό Il.; χωρεῖν πρὸ δόμων to [[come]] out in [[front]] of, Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[before]], in [[front]] of, for the [[purpose]] of shielding or [[guarding]], [[στῆναι]] πρὸ Τρώων Il.:— in [[defence]] of, for, μάχεσθαι πρὸ γυναικῶν Il.; [[ὀλέσθαι]] πρὸ [[πόληος]], Lat. pro [[patria]] mori, Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> πρὸ ὁδοῦ [[further]] on the [[road]], i. e. forwards, [[onward]], Il.: ([[hence]] φροῦδοσ).<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of [[Time]], [[before]], πρὸ γάμοιο Od.; πρὸ ὁ τοῦ (= ὁ πρὸ τοῦ) ἐνόησεν one [[before]] the [[other]], Il.; πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου Plat., etc.; πρὸ [[πολλοῦ]] [[long]] [[before]], Hdt.; τὸ πρὸ [[τούτου]] [[before]] [[this]], [[before]], Thuc.; πρὸ τοῦ (often written [[προτοῦ]]) [[before]], Hdt., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in [[other]] relations:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of Preference, [[before]], [[sooner]] or [[rather]] [[than]], [[κέρδος]] πρὸ δίκας αἰνῆσαι to [[praise]] [[sleight]] [[before]] [[right]], Pind.; πᾶν πρὸ τῆς παρεούσης λύπης [[anything]] [[before]], [[rather]] [[than]] [[their]] [[actual]] [[grievance]], Hdt.; πρὸ [[πολλοῦ]] ποιεῖσθαι to [[esteem]] [[above]] [[much]], i. e. [[very]] [[highly]], Isocr.; so, πρὸ πολλῶν χρημάτων τιμᾶσθαι Thuc.: [[redundant]], [[after]] a comp., ἡ τυραννὶς πρὸ ἐλευθερίης ἀσπαστότερον Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of Cause or Motive, Lat. [[prae]], for, out of, from, πρὸ φόβοιο for [[fear]], Il.; πρὸ [[τῶνδε]] [[there]] [[fore]], Soph.<br />B. POSITION: [[never]] [[after]] its [[case]], [[except]] [[after]] the epic gen. [[Ἰλιόθι]] πρό, [[οὐρανόθι]] πρό, [[ἠῶθι]] πρό.<br />C. πρό, absol. as adv.:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of Place, [[before]], in [[front]], [[forth]], [[forward]], Il.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of [[Time]], [[before]], [[beforehand]], Od.: [[before]], earlier, Hes.: [[prematurely]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> with [[other]] Preps. [[ἀποπρό]], [[διαπρό]], [[ἐπιπρό]], [[περιπρό]], [[προπρό]], it strengthens the [[first]] prep.<br />D. πρό IN COMPOS.<br /><b class="num">I.</b> with Substs., to [[denote]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[position]] [[before]] or in [[front]], [[πρόθυρον]], προπύλαια.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[priority]] of [[rank]], [[πρόεδρος]]; or of [[order]], [[προοίμιον]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[standing]] in [[another]]'s [[place]], [[πρόμαντις]], [[πρόξενος]].<br /><b class="num">II.</b> with Adjs., to [[denote]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[proximity]], [[readiness]], [[πρόχειρος]], [[πρόθυμος]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[forth]] from, [[προθέλυμνος]], [[πρόρριζος]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> prematureness, [[πρόμοιρος]], [[πρόωρος]].<br /><b class="num">III.</b> with Verbs,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of Place, [[before]], forwards, [[προβαίνω]], [[προβάλλω]]; also [[before]], in [[defence]], [[προκινδυνεύω]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[forth]], [[προέλκω]], [[προφέρω]]:—also [[publicly]], προειπεῖν.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> giving [[away]], [[προδίδωμι]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[before]], in [[preference]], προαιροῦμαι, [[προτιμάω]].<br /><b class="num">5.</b> [[before]], [[beforehand]], [[προαισθάνομαι]], [[προνοέω]], [[προοράω]].

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