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πρώτιστος

protistos

the very first

Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πρώτιστος, η, ον, also ος, ον h.Cer. 157:—poet. and late Prose Sup. of πρῶτος, A. the very first, Il. 2.228, 16.656, Od. 19.447; πολὺ π. Il. 2.702, Od. 14.220, etc.; ὁ π. χρόνος, opp. ὁ ἐνεστώς, PEleph. 10.4 (iii B.C.); principal, primal, θεὰ π. Νύξ Phld. Piet. 14; αἰτία Procl. Inst. 12; τῶν φύσει κρειττόνων π. ὁ δημιουργός Hierocl. in CA 3p.424M., cf. Iamb. Comm.Math. 4, al., Dexipp. Fr. 32(b)J., Agath. 3.2: neut. πρώτιστον as Adv., first of all, Od. 10.462, 20.60, al., Pi. N. 5.25, B. 8.11, Ar. Lys. 555, D. 43.75, Antiph. 98: also pl. πρώτιστα Il. 1.105, Od. 3.419, Hes. Op. 109, A. Fr. 195, S. OT 1439, El. 669, Ar. Pl. 792; ἐπειδὴ π. now that, Alc. 15.7; ὅτε π. when aforetime, Call. Aet.Oxy. 2079.21; especially, principally, π. ἁλίσκεται ἐνταῦθα τὸ ὄψον Str. 12.3.19: also τὸ π. E. Supp. 430; τὰ π. Od. 11.168.
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