πρότερος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: pron. adj.<br />Meaning: [[front]], [[former]], usu. of time [[earlier]] (Il.); adv. [[πρότερον]] [[earlier]] (posthom.), [[προτέρω]] <b class="b2">further (forward), sooner</b> (ep. Il.), <b class="b3">-ωσε</b> [[forward]] (h.Hom., A. R.), <b class="b3">-ωθε(ν</b>) [[from before]], [[from earlier on]] (Theognost., EM); <b class="b3">προτερη-γενής</b> [[born earlier]], [[elder]] (Antim.; after <b class="b3">ἀρχη-γενής</b> etc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἡ προτερ-αία</b> ([[ἡμέρα]]) [[the preceding day]] (IA.: [[ὑστεραία]] a.o.), also <b class="b3">-εία</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Tab.Heracl.; Schwyzer 258), <b class="b3">-ικόν</b> n. [[priority]] (pap.), <b class="b3">-έω</b>, also w. <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>, <b class="b2">to be ahead, to have advantage, to prevent</b> (IA.) with <b class="b3">-ημα</b> n. (hell.), <b class="b3">-ησις</b> f. (Hld.) [[advantage]], [[lead]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [814] <b class="b2">*proteros</b> [[further]]<br />Etymology: Old oppositional formation (: [[ὕστερος]]) from [[πρό]] (s. v.), identical with Av. OP. <b class="b2">fratara-</b> [[the one more in front]], [[earlier]], Skt. <b class="b2">pratarám</b> [[further]], [[farther]], [[future]] .