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|etymtx=Grammatical information: Adv. a. prep. w. gen.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">ahead, before, formerly, yore; in front of</b> (Il., IA. )<br />Other forms: [[πρόσθα]] (Dor. Aeol.), from this [[πρόθθα]] (Cret.), [[πρόστα]] (Delph.).<br />Compounds: Also combined with other adv. (prep.), e.g. <b class="b3">ἔμ-προσθε(ν</b>), <b class="b3">-θα</b> <b class="b2">in front (of), before</b> (IA. resp. Dor. Aeol.) with <b class="b3">ἐμπρόσθ-ιος</b> [[in the front]], esp. of bodyparts (Hdt., Att., Arist.), <b class="b3">-ίδιος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (A. D., pap.), <b class="b3">ἐπί-προσθεν</b> [[close before]], [[near]] Att., hell.) with <b class="b3">ἐπιπροσθ-έω</b> <b class="b2">to be in the way, in front of it, to hinder, to cover</b> (Hp., hell.), <b class="b3">ὑπό-προσθε</b> [[just before]] (Hp.) with <b class="b3">ὑπαπροσθ-ίδιος</b> <b class="b2">earlier (immigrated), older inhabintant</b> (Locr.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πρόσθ-ιος</b> [[in the front]], esp. of bodyparts (Hdt. as v. l., trag., Arist.; cf. [[ἐμπρόσθιος]] above), <b class="b3">-ίδιος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Nonn.), <b class="b3">προστ-ίζιος</b> = <b class="b3">προσθ-ίδιος</b> [[earlier]], [[the former]] (El.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] or GR [a formation built with Greek elements] [000]<br />Etymology: Formation in <b class="b3">-θε(ν</b>), <b class="b3">-θα</b>, because of the meaning and spread hardly with Kretschmer Glotta 1, 55 from [[πρός]], but rather from [[πρό]] with analog. <b class="b3">-σ-</b> (<b class="b3">πρό-θεν</b> only Greg. Cor.). Example hardly [[ὄπισθεν]], as this seems to stand itself for <b class="b3">ὄπι-θεν</b> (rather the other way round [[ὄπισθεν]] after [[πρόσθεν]]). So after <b class="b3">ἔκτοσ-θε(ν</b>), <b class="b3">ἔντοσ-θε(ν</b>) (cf. Schwyzer 628) or to <b class="b3">πρόσ(σ)-ω</b> (cf. WP. 2, 38)? Extensive Lejeune Adv. [[en]] <b class="b3">-θεν</b> 333 ff.