προτέλειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (τέλος) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[before a ceremony of initiation]], etc.: Subst. προτέλεια (sc. [[ἱερά]]), τά, [[sacrifice offered before any solemnity]], <b class="b3">θυτὴρ γενέσθαι... προτέλεια ναῶν</b> <b class="b2">as an offering in behalf of . .</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>227</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. Ἐλευσινίων</b> restd. in <span class="title">IG</span>12.5.2; <b class="b2">before the marriage-rite</b>, <b class="b3">π. δ' ἤδη παιδὸς ἔσφαξας θεᾷ</b>; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>718</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.174.5</span>; π. γάμων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 774e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.1058</span>, Ael.Dion.<span class="bibl">p.61</span> Schwabe: rarely in sg., Aristid. Quint.3.27. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[beginning]], <b class="b3">ἐν προτελείοις κάμακος</b> in the [[preliminary]] conflicts, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>65</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ἐν βιότου π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">720</span> (lyr). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., [[introduction]], τὰ π. τῆς φιλοσοφίας <span class="bibl">Ph.1.294</span>, cf. Gal.<span class="title">Phil. Hist.</span>16; π. γράφων τῆς ἀκροάσεως <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.541</span> S.: rarely in sg., <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>20.235d</span>.</span>