πρόσθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρόσθε (prósthe) — poetic

Etymology

From πρός (prós, “toward”) +‎ -θεν (-then).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prós.tʰen/ → /ˈpros.θen/ → /ˈpros.θen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prós.tʰen/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.tʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.θen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.θen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpros.θen/

Adverb

πρόσθεν • (prósthen)

1. (of place) before, in front
2. (of time) before, earlier, formerly

Preposition

πρόσθεν • (prósthen) (governs the genitive)

1. before

Further reading

• “πρόσθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press