προτέλειος: Difference between revisions

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