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πᾶσα γυνὴ τοῦ λύχνου ἀρθέντος ἡ αὐτή ἐστι → all women are the same in the dark, all women are the same when the lights go out
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
in all senses: P. and V. πρῶτος.
first in importance, use also V. πρεσβύτατος, πρέσβιστος.
first-born: P. and V. πρεσβύτατος, V. πρέσβιστος.
be first born, v.; P. and V. πρεσβεύειν.
you must go first: V. σοὶ βαδιστέον πάρος (Sophocles, Electra 1502).
the first comer, any chance person: P. and V. ὁ τυχών, ὁ ἐπιτυχών, ὁ προστυχών, ὁ συντυχών, P. ὁ ἐντυχών, ὁ παρατυχών, V. ὁ ἐπιών, ὁ φθάσας.
the first place, primacy: P. and V. πρεσβεῖα, τά; see primacy.
have the first place, v.: P. πρωτεύειν, V. πρεσβεύειν, πρεσβεύεσθαι.
give the first place to: P. and V. πρεσβεύειν (acc.) (Plato).
first prize: P. πρωτεῖον (or pl.).
the first day of the month: Ar. and P. ἕνη καὶ νέα.
those who are the first to confer a favour: P. οἱ προϋπάρχοντες τῷ ποιεῖν εὖ (Dem. 471).
be the first to do a thing: P. and V. ἄρχειν; see begin.
in the first place: P. and V. πρῶτον, τὸ πρῶτον, πρώτιστον, Ar. and V. πρῶτα, πρώτιστα.
for the first time: P. and V. πρῶτον, Ar. and V. πρῶτα.
at first: P. and V. τὸ πρῶτον.
originally: P. and V. τὸ ἀρχαῖον, P. κατ' ἀρχάς.
adverb
P. and V. πρῶτον, τὸ πρῶτον, πρώτιστον, Ar. and V. πρῶτα, πρώτιστα..
earlier, before something else: P. and V. πρότερον.
be first: P. and V. φθάνω, φθάνειν, προφθάνειν; see also begin.