πρόσωθεν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[πόρρωθεν]], Dor. [[πόρσωθεν]] Archyt.1, Ep. [[πρόσσοθεν]] Il.23.533: Adv. ([[πρόσω]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[from afar]], opp. <b class="b3">ἐγγύθεν, ἐλαύνων πρόσσοθεν ἵππους</b> Il.l.c.; <b class="b3">πρόσωθεν βαλεῖν, προσδέρκεσθαι</b>, A.''Ag.''947, 952; κλύειν Id.''Eu.''297, cf. 397; στείχειν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''723; οὐ ταὐτὸν εἶδος φαίνεται τῶν πραγμάτων, πρόσωθεν ὄντων ἐγγύθεν θ' ὁρωμένων [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''586; <b class="b3">πόρρωθεν ἀσπάζεσθαι, ἀναγνῶναι</b>, etc., Pl.''Chrm.''153b, ''R.''368d, etc.:—Comp. πορρωτέρωθεν, [[from a more distant point]], σκοπεῖν Isoc. 4.23, cf. 6.16, 12.120,16.4, [[Theophrastus]] ''Sud.''4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[distantly]], in sense, D.L.7.16.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[from long ago]], E.''Hipp.''831 (lyr.), Pl. ''Chrm.''155a, D.10.46, etc.