πρόθυρον

prothyron

front-door, door-way

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Protagoras 2
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314c3
314c6
Symposium 2
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175d1
175a8
Ion 1
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539a4
Philebus 1
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64c1
Republic 1
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Book II 1
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365c3

Dictionary (LSJ)

πρόθυρον, τό, A. front-door, door-way, esp. of the entrance to the αὐλή, ἐκ δʼ ἔλασε προθύροιο καὶ αἰθούσης Il. 24.323, cf. Od. 3.493: pl., στῆ δʼ . . ἐπὶ προθύροις Ὀδυσῆος, οὐδοῦ ἐπʼ αὐλείου 1.103; πρόθυρα δωμάτων A. Ch. 966 (lyr.), cf. E. Tr. 194(lyr.); of the entrance to the μέγαρον, Od. 18.10, 101, 386, 21.299. 2. porch, portico, παραστάδας καὶ π. βούλει ποικίλα Cratin. 42, cf. Dicaearch. Hist.59.8. 3. space before a door, whether or not it is a porch or portico: before the outmost entrance, pl., Od. 4.20, 10.220, Hdt. 3.140, 6.35; sg., Pl. Prt. 314c, Smp. 175a: Ἑρμαῖ . . λίθινοι . . ἐν ἰδίοις προθύροις Th. 6.27, cf. Pi. P. 3.78 (sg.), Ar. V. 802 (pl.), 875 (sg.), Call. Epigr. 26(sg.): before the entrance to the μέγαρον, Od. 20.355 (sg.); before the entrance of a νεωκόριον, IG 22.1672.208. II. metaph., Κόρινθος Ἰσθμίου πρόθυρον Ποτειδᾶνος Pi. O. 13.5; ἐπὶ τοῖς τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ προθύροις Pl. Phlb. 64c; πρόθυρα καὶ σχῆμα . . σκιαγραφίαν ἀρετῆς περιγραπτέον Id. R. 365c; χείλη . . στόματος νεκταρέου πρόθυρα AP 5.55 (Diosc.).

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