διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
in preference to, prep.: P. and V. πρό (gen.), V. πρόσθε (gen.), πάρος (gen.), P. ἔμπροσθεν (gen.); see before.