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ἔμπροσθεν

ἔμπροσθεν, before, in front

ἔμπροσθ-εν, sts. also ἔμπροσθε Hdt. 5.62, 7.144, al., Isoc. Ep. 4.10, in Poets metri gr., Hegesipp.Com. 1.20, Nicom.Com. 1.14, A.R. 4.590: neither form in Hom. or Trag., τοὔμπροσθεν dub. in E. Hipp. 1228.
    • I Adv.,
      • 1 of Place, before, in front, Hdt. 7.126, X. Cyr. 4.2.23; τὸ and τὰ ἔ. the front, the foreside, Id. HG 2.3.55, Hdt. 5.62, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἔ. forwards, Id. 4.61; στὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἔ. in front, opposite, X. Cyr. 2.2.6: metaph., εἰς τοὔμπ. προελθεῖν Isoc. l.c.
      • 2 of Time, before, of old, Pl. Phdr. 277d, etc.; τὰ ἔ. Id. Grg. 448e; τὰ ἔ. τούτων ῥηθέντα Id. Lg. 773e; οἱ ἔ. our ancestors, Id. Plt. 296a, Hegesipp. l.c.; οἱ ἔ. χρόνοι PPetr. 2 p.19 (iii B. C.), etc.
    • II as Prep. c. gen., before, in front of,
      • 1 of Place, ἐ. αὐτῆς (sc. τῆς νηός) Hdt. 8.87, cf. 2.110, etc.
      • 2 of Time, ἔ. ταύτης (sc. τῆς γνώμης) Id. 7.144; ἔ. εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων to be beforehand with events, D. 4.39.
      • 3 of Degree, ἔ. τοῦ δικαίου preferred before justice, Id. 56.50.

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