ἐπίπροσθεν

epiprosthen

before

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 4
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Book I 1
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648d2
Book VI 2
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783c1
783b8
Book IX 1
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875c1
Critias 1
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108c5
Gorgias 1
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523d4
Parmenides 1
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137e4
Symposium 1
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213a6
Timaeus 1
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40c7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίπροσθεν, rarely ἐπίπροσ-θε Antiph. 250, SIG 493.12 (Delos, iii B.C.), Adv.: I. of Place, before, ἐ. τίθεσθαι, ποιεῖσθαί τι, put before one as a screen, E. Or. 468, X. Cyr. 1.4.24; ἐ. γίγνεσθαι to be in the way, intercept the view, Pl. Grg. 523d, cf. Ti. 40c; κώμας καὶ γηλόφους ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι take cover behind, X. Cyr. 3.3.28. 2. c. gen., ἐ. τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἔχειν Pl. Smp. 213a; ταῖς νήσοις οὐδὲν ἐ. τῆς φορᾶς Thphr. Vent. 30; εὐθὺ οὗ ἂν τὸ μέσον ἀμφοῖν τοῖν ἐσχάτοιν ἐ. ᾖ Pl. Prm. 137e. II. of Degree, θεῖναί τι ἐ. τινος prefer one before another, E. Supp. 514; ἐ. εἶναί τινος to be better than . . , Id. Or. 641; ἐ. τᾀσχρὰ . . τῶν καλῶν Antiph.l.c.; ἐ. τι θέσθαι τινός J. AJ 2.4.3; γίγνεται ἐ. τοῦ δικαίου τὰ τριακόσια τάλαντα Id. BJ 1.6.3. III. of Order, first, prior, τὰ ἐ. αὐτῶν . . τάξαντες αὐτὰ ἐ. ποιησόμεθα Pl. Lg. 783b, 783c.

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