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|Definition=and [[πρῶτος]], Comp. and Sup. formed from [[πρό]], opp. [[ὕστερος]], [[ὕστατος]].<br><span class="bld">A</span> Comp. πρότερος, προτέρα, πρότερον,<br><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], [[before]], [[in front]], [[πρότεροι πόδες]] = the [[forefeet]], Od.19.228; <b class="b3">πρότεροι ἵπποι</b> [[horse]]s [[in front]], B.5.43:—but mostly,<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[former]], [[earlier]], ἄνδρες Il.21.405; ἄνθρωποι 5.637, 23.332; <b class="b3">οἱ πρότεροι</b> = [[men of former times]], 4.308 (rarely without Art., A.''Ag.''1338 (anap.), etc.); οὗτος δὲ προτέρης γενεῆς π. τ' ἀνθρώπων Il.23.790: also, [[older]], opp. [[ὁπλότερος]], 2.707, etc.; <b class="b3">γενεῇ π.</b> 15.182; but <b class="b3">παῖδες πρότεροι</b> [[children]] by the [[first]] or a [[former]] [[marriage]], Od.15.22; παῖδες ἐκ τῆς π. γυναικός Hdt.7.2; <b class="b3">τῇ προτέρῃ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἡμέρᾳ]]) [[on the day before]], Od.16.50; <b class="b3">ἠοῖ τῇ προτέρᾳ</b> Il.13.794 (in Prose more freq. <b class="b3">τῇ προτεραίᾳ</b>, cf. [[προτεραῖος]]); <b class="b3">τοῦ προτέρου ἐνιαυτοῦ</b> the [[year]] [[before]], IG12.352.11; <b class="b3">τοῖς προτέροις Παναθηναίοις</b> the [[preceding]] P., ib.57.8; [[τὰ πρότερα]] = [[what has preceded]], Plot.3.2.8:—freq. used predicatively, sometimes where we should expect the Adv. (which is never used by Hom.), ὅ με π. κάκ' ἔοργε Il. 3.351, cf. 16.569, Hes.''Op.''708, etc.; σπονδὰς οὐ λύσετε πρότεροι Th.1.123; <b class="b3">οἱ πρότεροι ἐπιόντες</b> ibid.; τοῖς προτέροις μετὰ Κύρου ἀναβᾶσι X.''An.''1.4.12, cf. ''IG''22.1.7; εἰ μὴ π. ἑωράκη αὐτὸν ἢ ἐκεῖνος ἐμέ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 336d, cf. 432c, etc.; ὅτι εἴη π. ὑπὸ ἐκείνων ἠδικημένος PCair.Zēn. 288.9 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> as regular Comp., c. gen., ἐμέο πρότερος Il.10.124; π. τούτων Hdt.1.168, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 86b, ''Hp.Ma.''282d; τὰς γυναῖκας μὴ ἀπιέναι προτέρας τῶν ἀνδρῶν ''IG''12(5).593.19 (Iulis, v B.C.); <b class="b3">τῇ προτέρᾳ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς τροπῆς</b> the day [[before]].., Arist.''Pol.''1316a16; προτέρᾳ εἰδυῶν Ὀκτωμβρίων ''IG''7.2225.14 (Thisbe, Senatus Consultum, ii B.C.); <b class="b3">τῷ π. ἔτει Παναθηναίων τῶν μεγάλων</b> ib.22.212.27; τῷ π. ἔτει τῆς ἥττης Plb.2.43.6: followed by <b class="b3">ἤ, τῷ προτέρῳ ἔτεϊ ἢ τὸν κρητῆρα [ἐληΐσαντο]</b> Hdt.3.47.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of Rank, Worth, and generally of Precedence, [[superior]], <b class="b3">τῷ γένει, τῇ δυνάμει</b>, Is.1.17, D.3.15; <b class="b3">π. τινὸς πρός τι</b> [[superior to]] him in... Pl.''La.'' 183b; <b class="b3">π. τι ἄγειν, π. ποιήσασθαι τὰ σὰ πράγματα</b>, Lib.''Or.''58.36,52.1.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> after Hom., neut. [[πρότερον]] freq. as adverb, [[before]], [[earlier]], Pi.''O.''13.31, Hdt.4.45, ''IG''12.374.265, etc.; <b class="b3">ὀλίγον π.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 317e: c. gen., π. φήμης A.''Th.''866 (anap.); ὀλίγῳ τι π. τούτων Hdt.8.95; <b class="b3">πολλοῖσι ἔτεσι π. τούτων</b> ib.96; ἐνιαυτῷ π. τῆς ἁλώσεως D.9.60; also <b class="b3">πρὸ τῶν Περσικῶν δέκα ἔτεσι π.</b> Pl.''Lg.''642d, cf. ''Criti.''112a; <b class="b3">τούτου π.</b> Paus.1.1.2: most freq. followed by ἤ, π. ἢ κατὰ τὴν προσδοκίαν Pl.''Sph.'' 264b; also μὴ π. ἀπαναστῆναι ἢ ἐξέλωσι Hdt.9.87, cf. 7.54, Antipho 2.1.2, Th.7.63, etc.: with inf., π. ἢ βασιλεῦσαι Hdt.7.2, cf. Th.1.69, etc.: followed by [[πρίν]], Hdt.1.82; by <b class="b3">πρὶν ἄν</b>, ib.140; by <b class="b3">πρὶν ἤ</b> with vb. in Indic., Id.6.45, 8.8, or Subj., 7.8.β ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[πρὶν ἂν ἢ]]), 9.93; also οὐ π. εἰ μὴ.. Plu.''Lys.''10, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ π. ἕως..</b>, or <b class="b3">ἕως ἂν..</b>, Lys.12.71, Ath.14.640c; μὴ π., ἀλλ' ὅταν.. Plb.9.13.3: also used with the Art., <b class="b3">τὸ π.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 522a, X.''An.''4.4.14, etc. (τὸ [[πρότερον]], also, [[for the first time]], Ep. Gal.4.13): c. gen., τὸ π. τῶν ἀνδρῶν τούτων Hdt.2.144: the Adv. is freq. put between Art. and Subst., ὁ πρότερος βασιλεύς Id.1.84; τὰ πρότερα ἀδικήματα Id.6.87; αἱ π. ἁμαρτίαι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1355, etc.<br><span class="bld">B</span> Sup. [[πρῶτος]], [[πρώτη]], [[πρῶτον]], Dor. [[πρᾶτος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]):<br><span class="bld">I</span> as adjective,<br><span class="bld">1</span> of [[place]], [[foremost]], πρώτοισιν ἐνὶ προμάχοισι μιγέντα Od.18.379; [[ἐν πρώτοις]], [[μετὰ πρώτοισι]] alone, Il.19.424, 11.64; <b class="b3">πρώτῃ ἐν ὑσμίνῃ, ἐνὶ πρώτῳ ὁμάδῳ</b>, 15.340, 17.380; <b class="b3">τῆς πρώτης τάττειν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' τάξεως) Isoc. 12.180, cf. Lys.16.15, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν π. ῥυμῷ</b> at the [[front]] or [[end]] of the [[pole]], Il.6.40, 16.371; <b class="b3">πρώτῃσι θύρῃσιν</b> at the [[outermost]] [[door]]s, 22.66; <b class="b3">π. ξύλον</b> the [[front]] bench, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''25, Poll.4.121, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ πρότεροι πόδες</b>, like [[πρόσθιοι]], Id.1.193.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], <b class="b3">στάντα πρὸς π. ἕω</b> looking towards [[first]] [[dawn]], S.''OC''477; περὶ π. νύκτα Poll.1.70.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of Order, serving as ordinal to <b class="b3">εἷς, ἄεθλα θῆκε.. τῷ πρώτῳ· ἀτὰρ αὖ τῷ δευτέρῳ... αὐτὰρ τῷ τριτάτῳ... κτλ</b>., Il.23.265, cf. 6.179; opp. [[ὕστατος]], 2.281, 5.703, etc.; opp. [[τελευταῖος]], A.''Ag.''314; opp. [[τανύστατος]], Od. 9.449; πρῶτοι πάντων ἀνθρώπων Hdt.2.2; τὰ πρότερα τῶν ὀνομάτων [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]'' 421d; τῇ προτέρᾳ τῶν ἡμερέων Hdt.7.168, etc.; π. ἄξων ''IG''12.115.10; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦ προτέρου [ἱερείου]</b> [[first]]-[[offer]]ed, X.''An.''4.3.9; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς προτέροις λόγοις</b> in the [[earlier]] books, Arist.''Ph.''263a11, al.; [[ἐν πρώτοις]] = [[among the first]], Is.7.40; hence, [[above all]], [[especially]], Hdt.8.69, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 522c; in Att., <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς πρῶτοι</b> (v. ὁ, ἡ, τό A. VIII. 6):—freq. used predicatively of being the first to do something, Νέστωρ πρῶτος κτύπον ἄϊε Il.10.532; πρῶτος ἀνατέλλει Eratosth.''Cal.''42; εἴθε π. σοι ἐνέτυχον Luc.''Tyr.''21.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Philos., [[first]] in [[order]] of [[existence]], [[primary]], αἱ π. οὐσίαι Arist.''Cat.''2b26, cf. ''Metaph.''1032b2; <b class="b3">προτέρα ὕλη, προτέρα φιλοσοφία</b>, ib.1015a7, 1061b19; [[primitive]], [[simple]], <b class="b3">οἰκία προτέρα, ἡ προτέρα πόλις</b>, Id.''Pol.''1252b10, 1291a17; <b class="b3">ἡ προτέρα κοινωνία</b> ib.1257a19; <b class="b3">ἡ προτέρα ὀλιγαρχία</b> ib.1293a14; <b class="b3">ὁ πρότερος συλλογισμός</b> [[normal]], [[typical]], Id.''Rh.''1357a17; <b class="b3">τὰ πρότερα σώματα, μόρια</b>, = <b class="b3">τὰ ὁμοιομερῆ</b>, Gal.5.673,674; <b class="b3">πρῶτα κατὰ φύσιν</b>, e.g. health, perception, ''Stoic.''3.34; <b class="b3">τὰ πρότερα πάθη</b> ib.92; <b class="b3">αἱ π. ἀρεταί</b> ib.64.<br><span class="bld">c</span> Math., <b class="b3">πρῶτοι ἀριθμοί</b> [[prime]] [[number]]s, Euc.7 ''Def.''11,12; but also, [[first]] [[number]]s (= 1 to 100,000,000) in the notation of Archim., ''Aren.''3.2.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[πρῶτος]] is sometimes used where we should expect πρότερος, Αἰνείας δὲ πρῶτος ἀκόντισεν Il.13.502, cf. 18.92: in late Greek followed by gen., πρῶτός μου ἦν ''Ev.Jo.''1.15,30, cf. 15.18; οἱ πρῶτοί μου ταῦτα ἀνιχνεύσαντες Ael.''NA'' 8.12; πρώτη εὕρηται ἡ περὶ τοὺς πόδας κίνησις τῆς διὰ τῶν χειρῶν Ath. 14.630c; γεννήτορα πρῶτον μητέρος εἰς ἀΐδην πέμψει Man.1.329, 4.404; <b class="b3">ἀλόχου πρῶτος</b> [[before]] his wife, ''IG''12(5).590.5 (vi (?) A.D.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> of Rank or Dignity, <b class="b3">μετὰ πρώτοισιν</b> among the [[first]] [[men]] of the [[state]], Od.6.60, etc.; νομίσαντες πρῶτοι ἂν εἶναι Th.6.28; <b class="b3">διαβάλλειν τοὺς π.</b> X.''An.''2.6.26, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1266a18; αἱ π. πόλεις Th. 2.8; ὁ πρότερος ἄρχων ''IG''12(3).481.10 (Thera), ''CIG''2837 (Aphrodisias); <b class="b3">ὁ πρότερος τῆς πόλεως</b>, as a title, ''IG''12(5).292.2 (Paros); ὁ πρότερος τῆς νήσου ''Act.Ap.''28.7; <b class="b3">τῶν π. φίλων</b>, title at the Ptolemaic court, ''PTeb.''31.15 (ii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">τῶν π.</b>, as military title, ''PHib.''1.110.72 (iii B.C.), ''PPetr.''3p.23 (iii B.C.), ''PTeb.''815 ''Fr.''4.23,al.(iii B.C.): c. gen., ἐν πρώτοισι Μυκηναίων Il.15.643; οἱ πρότεροι στρατοῦ S.''Ph.''1305, cf. E.''Hec.''304, etc.: c. dat. modi, <b class="b3">ἀρετῇ προτέρᾳ, οἱ πρότεροι καὶ χρήμασι καὶ γένει, πλούτῳ π. τῶν Ἑλλήνων</b>, etc., S.''Ph.''1425, Th.3.65, Isoc.16.31, etc.; π. ἐν συμφοραῖς βίου S.''OT''33.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of Degree, [[first]], [[highest]], μοῖρα Id.''OC''145 (anap.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]] in neut. pl. [[πρῶτα]], τά,<br><span class="bld">1</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἆθλα]]), [[first prize]], τὰ πρότερα λαβών Il.23.275; τὰ πρότερα δόρει κρατύνων S.''OC''1313; ἔχειν πρῶτα κυναγεσίας ''AP''6.118 (Antip.); τὰ πρότερα φέρεσθαι D.C.42.57, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[first part]], [[beginning]], <b class="b3">τῆς Ἰλιάδος τὰ πρότερα</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 392e; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς π.</b> Id.''Smp.''221d; τὸ π. τοῦ ᾄσματος Id.''Prt.''343c.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[first]], [[highest]], in degree, <b class="b3">τὰ πρότερα τᾶς λιμῶ</b> (Dor.) the [[extremity|extremities]] of [[famine]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]'' 743 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἄπρατα]]); ἐχέτωσαν τὰ πρότερα τῆς εὐδαιμονίας Luc.''Cont.''10; ἐς τὰ πρότερα [[τιμᾶσθαι]] Th.3.39, cf. 56; <b class="b3">φρενῶν ἐς τὰ ἐμεωυτοῦ προτέρου οὔκω ἀνήκω</b> I have not yet come to the [[highest]] [[development]] of my [[judgment]], Hdt.7.13, cf. D.C.38.22; of persons, <b class="b3">ἐὼν τῶν Ἐρετριέων τὰ πρότερα</b> Hdt. 6.100; <b class="b3">Λάμπων.. Αἰγινητέων τὰ πρότερα</b> Id.9.78, cf. E.''Med.''917; <b class="b3">ἐστὶν τὰ πρότερα τῆς ἐκεῖ μοχθηρίας</b> (of a person) Ar.''Ra.''421.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Philos., [[primary things]], [[elements]], Emp.38.1, Arist.''GC''335a29; τὰ πρότερα αἴτια Id.''Mete.''338a20; also τὸ π. ἐνυπάρχον ἑκάστῳ Id.''Ph.''193a10.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Logic, the [[first]] [[undemonstrable]] [[proposition]]s, on which all future conclusions rest, Id.''Top.''100b18; τὰ πρότερα ἀναπόδεικτα Id.''APo.''71b26.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Adverbial phrases,<br><span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b3">τὴν πρώτην</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὥραν]], [[ὁδόν]]) [[first]], [[for the present]], [[just now]], Hdt.3.134, Ar. ''Th.''662, D.3.2, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1038a35, etc.; τὴν πρώτην εἶναι Hdt.1.153.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with Preps., <b class="b3">ἀπὸ πρώτης</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἀρχῆς]]) Antipho 5.56, Th.1.77; ἀπὸ τῆς προτέρας εὐθύς Luc.''Hist.Conscr.''1; <b class="b3">ἐκ π.</b> Babr.45.14; κατὰ πρώτας [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 292b, D.C.52.19; κατὰ τὴν προτέραν εὐθύς Id.62.3; <b class="b3">παρὰ τὴν προτέραν</b> [[the first time]], opp. <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῆς δευτέρας</b>, Philostr.''VA'' 1.22.<br><span class="bld">3</span> freq. as adverb in neut. sg. and pl., [[πρῶτον]], [[πρῶτα]],<br><span class="bld">a</span> [[first]], [[in the first place]], <b class="b3">πρῶτόν τε καὶ ὕστατον</b> (vulg. [[ὕστερον]]) Hes.''Th.'' 34; π. μὲν... δεύτερον αὖ... τὸ τρίτον αὖ.. Il.6.179; <b class="b3">τί π. τοι ἔπειτα, τί δ' ὑστάτιον καταλέξω</b>; Od.9.14; Κύπριδα μὲν πρῶτα... αὐτὰρ ἔπειτ'.. Il.5.458; οὐρῆας μὲν π. ἐπῴχετο... αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα.. 1.50; π. μὲν... ἔπειτα δὲ.. S.''OC''632, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.1.2,23, ''An.''5.6.7-8, ''Hier.''11.8, etc.; π. μὲν... ἔπειτα.. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 89a, etc.; π. μὲν... ἔπειτα δεύτερον... τρίτον δὲ.. Aeschin.1.7; π. μὲν... εἶτα.. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 15b; π. μὲν... εἶτα δὲ.. X. ''An.''1.2.16; π. μὲν... εἶτα... ἔτι δὲ.. Id.''Mem.''1.2.1; π. μὲν..... δὲ αὖ.. Pl.''Lg.''935a; π. μὲν... ἔτι δὲ.. Lys.4.10, etc.; π. μὲν... ἔτι τοίνυν.. D.44.57; freq. answered only by [[δέ]], Id.9.48, etc.; sometimes the answering clause must be supplied, A.''Ag.''810, D.7.7, etc.: also [[πρῶτον]] μὲν.. δεύτερον μήν.. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 66a: also [[πρῶτα]] μὲν... ἔπειτα.. S.''Tr.'' 616, Ar.''Pl.''728; πρῶτα μὲν... ἔπειτα... εἶτα.. E.''Med.''548; πρῶτα μὲν..... δὲ.. A.''Pr.''447; <b class="b3">πρῶτα μὲν... ἔπειτα δὲ..</b>X ''HG''7.1.7, cf. S. ''Ph.''919; <b class="b3">ἐπεί σε πρῶτα κιχάνω</b> since my [[first]] meeting is with you, Od. 13.228, cf. 7.53, Il.8.274: also <b class="b3">τὸ πρῶτον</b>, [[first]], [[in the first place]], [[at the beginning]], ὡς τὸ π. ὑπέστην καὶ κατένευσα 4.267; οὕνεκά σ' οὐ τὸ π., ἐπεὶ ἴδον, ὧδ' ἀγάπησα Od.23.214. cf. Il.3.443, 6.345, Pi.''P.''9.41, ''N.''3.49; <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν οὖν π.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 333d, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ π.... μετὰ ταῦτα..</b><br><span class="bld">D</span> 1.12: also <b class="b3">τὰ πρότερα</b>, Il.1.6, Od.1.257, etc.; πόντῳ μὲν τὰ π.... αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα.. Il.4.424; τὰ πρότερα μὲν... ὡς δὲ.. A.''Pers.''412; τὰ π.... τέλος δὲ.. S.''Fr.''149.5, cf. 966.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[too early]], [[before the time]], <b class="b3">ἦ τ' ἄρα καὶ σοὶ πρῶτα</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[πρωΐ]]) παραστήσεσθαι ἔμελλε Μοῖρ' ὀλοή Od.24.28.<br><span class="bld">c</span> = [[πρότερον]], [[before]], ἢν.. πρῶτον ἀπόλωμαι κακῶς Ar.''Ec.''1079; π. οὐδ' ὑφ' ἑνὸς.. κρατηθέντες X.''HG''5.4.1; <b class="b3">θάλασσα π. ἦν ἢ γενέσθαι γῆν</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Heraclit.31; λόγῳ π. ἢ τοῖς ἔργοις Arist.''Rh.Al.''1420b28; οὐ π. αὐτὴν ἀπέκτειναν πρὶν ἢ ἀπεκύησεν Ael.''VH''5.18; π. συμμελετᾶν ἢ μελετᾶν μαθέτω ''AP''12.206 (Strat.).<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[first]], [[for the first time]], οὐ.. νῦν πρῶτα ποδώκεος ἄντ' Ἀχιλῆος στήσομαι Il.20.89; οὐ νῦν πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλαι S.''Ph.''966; ἐνταῦθα πρῶτον ἔφαγον X.''An.''2.3.16.<br><span class="bld">e</span> [[πρῶτον]], [[πρῶτα]] are used after the relat. Pron. and after relat.Advbs., like Engl. [[once]] (= [[at all]]), οὐδ' ἐνοσίχθων λήθετ' ἀπειλάων, τὰς.. Ὀδυσῆϊ π. ἐπηπείλησε Od.13.127, cf. 3.320, 10.328, 13.133, Il. 1.319, 19.136; <b class="b3">μοῖραν δ' οὔ τινά φημι πεφυγμένον ἔμμεναι ἀνδρῶν.. ἐπὴν τὰ πρότερα γένηται</b> when [[once]] he is born, 6.489, cf. Od.3.183, 4.13,414; οὔτε.. Λυκίους ἐδύναντο τείχεος ἂψ ὤσασθαι, ἐπεὶ τὰ πρότερα πέλασθεν Il.12.420, cf. Od.11.106, 221; also <b class="b3">ἐπεὶ τὸ</b> (or [[τὰ]]) <b class="b3"> π.</b> [[now that]].., <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ οὖν τὸ π. ἀνέκραγον, οὐκ ἐπικεύσω</b> [[now that]] I have spoken up, 14.467; τὸ μὲν οὔ ποτε φύλλα καὶ ὄζους φύσει, ἐπεὶ δὴ πρῶτα τομὴν ἐν ὄρεσσι λέλοιπε Il.1.235, cf. 276, 19.9: c. part., <b class="b3">τῷ ῥ' Αἴας τὸ π. ἐφεζόμενος μέγ' ἀάσθη</b> (the rock) on which [[once]] seated<br><span class="bld">A</span> blasphemed, Od.4.509: the sense [[as soon as]] is never necessary in Hom., but is possible in Od.4.414, 19.355; <b class="b3">δινέμεν εὖτ' ἂν πρῶτα φανῇ σθένος Ὠαρίωνος</b> when [[once]] (or perhaps, [[as soon as]]), Hes.''Op.''598; <b class="b3">ὅπως τις πρῶτα γένοιτο πάντας ἀποκρύπτεσκε</b> [[as soon as]] each was born, Id.''Th.''156; <b class="b3">ὡς τὸ π.</b> X.''An.''7.8.14; τότ' εὐθὺς... ὅτε πρῶτον εἶδον D.18.141; <b class="b3">αὖθίς με ἀνερέσθαι ὅταν ἐντύχῃς πρῶτον</b> the [[first time]] you meet me, Pl.''Ly.''211b; ἐὰν μάθω γε πρῶτον.. τί λέγεις Id.''R.''338c.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[πρώτως]] [[primarily]], first in Arist., π. καὶ κυρίως ''EN''1157a30; opp. [[δευτέρως]], ib.1158b31; <b class="b3">π. καθ' αὑτό</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ συμβεβηκός</b>, Id.''Ph.''192b22, cf. Gal.1.692, al., Jul.''Or.''5.168b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ὅτε π. ἐπεδήμησεν..</b>when he [[first]] visited... ''BSA''27.228 (Sparta, ii A.D.).—(From [[πρῶτος]] was formed a new Sup. [[πρώτιστος]], [[quod vide|q.v.]])