ἔμπροσθεν
emprosthen
before, in front
Appears 216 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔμπροσθεν, sts. also ἔμπροσθε 5.62, 7.144, al., Ep. 4.10, in Poets metri gr., 1.20, 1.14, 4.590: neither form in or Trag., τοὔμπροσθεν dub. in Hipp. 1228. I. Adv., 1. of Place, before, in front, 7.126, Cyr. 4.2.23; τὸ and τὰ ἔ. the front, the foreside, HG 2.3.55, 5.62, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἔ. forwards, 4.61; στὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἔ. in front, opposite, Cyr. 2.2.6: metaph., εἰστοὔμπ. προελθεῖν Isoc.l.c. 2. of Time, before, of old, Phdr. 277d, etc.; τὰ ἔ. Grg. 448e; τὰ ἔ. τούτων ῥηθέντα Lg. 773e; οἱ ἔ. our ancestors, Plt. 296a, l.c.; οἱ ἔ. χρόνοι PPetr. 2p.19 (iii B. C.), etc. II. as Prep. c. gen., before, in front of, 1. of Place, ἐ. αὐτῆς (sc. τῆς νηός) 8.87, cf.2.110, etc. 2. of Time, ἔ. ταύτης (sc. τῆς γνώμης) 7.144; ἔ. εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων to be beforehand with events, 4.39. 3. of Degree, ἔ. τοῦ δικαίου preferred before justice, 56.50.
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