προτεραῖος

proteraios

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Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedo 3
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58c3
59d8
58a7
Charmides 1
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153a1
Symposium 1
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176d4
Theages 1
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130b1

Dictionary (LSJ)

προτεραῖος, α, ον, (πρότερος) A. previous to, qualifying ἡμέρα, c. gen., τῇ π. ἡμέρᾳ τῆς μάχης on the day before the battle, Th. 5.75: more freq. alone, τῇ π. (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) Hdt. 1.84, 126, etc. (in full, τῇ π. ἡμέρᾳ (s. v.l.) Pl. Phd. 59d): c. gen., τῇ π. τῆς . . καταστάσιος μελλούσης ἔσεσθαι the day before the audience, Hdt. 9.9; τῇ π. τῆς θυσίας And. 4.29, cf. Pl. Phd. 58a; τῇ π. ᾗ ἀνήγετο Lys. 19.22; τῇ π. ὅτε ταῦτʼ ἔλεγεν D. 21.119; κραιπαλῶντα ἔτι ἐκ τῆς π. Pl. Smp. 176d. II. former, ἡ τῶν γονέων π. ὄψις the former condition . ., PMasp. 2 iii 6 (vi A.D.). III. προτεραίτερος, Com. Comp. of πρότερος, ‘soonerer’, Ar. Eq. 1165.

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