πρώϊος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[πρῷος]], α, ον: ([[πρωΐ]], [[πρῴ]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[early]],<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[early in the day]], [[at early morn]], Il.15.470 (neut. [[πρώϊον]] as adverb = [[πρωΐ]]); π. ἐμπολέα ''AP''6.304 (Phan.); π. ῥόδον Call.''Lav.Pall.''27; also περὶ δείλην πρωΐην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.6; δείλης πρωΐας Philem.210.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Subst. [[πρωΐα]], ἡ, [[early morning]], <b class="b3">ἅμα τῇ π.</b> Aristeas 304; ἦν δὲ πρωΐα ''Ev.Jo.''18.28; πρωΐας γενομένης ''Ev.Matt.''27.1: gen. [[πρωΐας]] as adverb = [[πρῴ]], ib.21.18: with Preps., καθ' ἑκάστην πρωΐαν J.''AJ''7.8.1; ἀπὸ πρωΐας ἄχρις ἡλίου δύσεως ''IG''4.597.16 (Argos), cf. ''PLond.''3.1177.66 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[early in]] [[the year]], πρώϊος [ὁ στρατὸς] συνελέγετο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.130; <b class="b3">τῶν καρπίμων ἅττα μή 'στι π.</b> Ar.''V.''264; σικύων πρῴων Id.''Pax'' 1001, cf. 1164 (lyr.), [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 4.11.1; <b class="b3">π. χειμών</b> an [[early]] winter, Id.''Sign.''40; <b class="b3">τὸν πρώϊον</b> (or [[πρῷον]]) σῖτον ''PCair.Zen.''155.2 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">διὰ τὸ τὰ μὲν πρώϊα, τὰ δ' ὄψια προΐεσθαι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ᾠά]]) Arist.''HA''543a9; <b class="b3">π. τόπος</b> an [[early]] place, i.e. producing early fruits, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 8.2.9: Comp. [[πρωΐτερος]] Id.''CP'' 5.6.5 codd. [[πρωϊότης]], ητος, ἡ, [[earliness]], of fruits, ib.4.11.9.