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πρόσωθεν

prosothen

from afar

Appears 28 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πρόσωθεν, Att. πόρρωθεν, Dor. πόρσωθεν Archyt. 1, Ep. πρόσσοθεν Il. 23.533: Adv. (πρόσω):—A. from afar, opp. ἐγγύθεν, ἐλαύνων πρόσσοθεν ἵππους Il. l.c.; πρόσωθεν βαλεῖν, προσδέρκεσθαι, A. Ag. 947, 952; κλύειν Id. Eu. 297, cf. 397; στείχειν S. Aj. 723; οὐ ταὐτὸν εἶδος φαίνεται τῶν πραγμάτων, πρόσωθεν ὄντων ἐγγύθεν θʼ ὁρωμένων E. Ion 586; πόρρωθεν ἀσπάζεσθαι, ἀναγνῶναι, etc., Pl. Chrm. 153b, R. 368d, etc.:—Comp. πορρωτέρωθεν, from a more distant point, σκοπεῖν Isoc. 4.23, cf. 6.16, 12.120,16.4, Thphr. Sud. 4. 2. distantly, in sense, D.L. 7.16. II. of Time, from long ago, E. Hipp. 831 (lyr.), Pl. Chrm. 155a, D. 10.46, etc.
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