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προηρόσιος

προηρόσιος, before the time of tillage

προηρόσιος, α, ον, (ἄροτος)
  • before the time of tillage: προηροσία (sc. θυσία), ἡ, a festival at that time celebrated by Athens for the whole of Greece, Hyp. Fr. 75, Lycurg. Fr. 87 (-όσια cj. Sauppe), Aristid. 1.196J., Lib. Decl. 1.179, Sch. Ar. Pl. 1055, Phot., etc.: also προηρόσια (sc. θύματα or ἱερά), τά, IG 2(2).1029.16, Hsch., Suid. s.v. εἰρεσιώνη (gen. pl. -ιων in ambiguous in IG 2(2).1363.6): sg. προηγορ-όσιον Sch. Ar. Eq. 725: cf. πληροσία, πρηροσία.
    • II θεοὶ προηρόσιοι the gods in whose honour it was performed, Plu. Col. 2.1119e; π. Δημήτηρ ib. Symp. 158d.

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