πρό
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *pró, from Proto-Indo-European *pró, *pro- (see *per-).[1]
Cognates include Latin pro, Sanskrit प्र (prá), Proto-Celtic *ɸro and Proto-Germanic *fram (English from). May be related to πρός (prós, “towards”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pró/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pro/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pro/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pro/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pro/
Preposition
editπρό • (pró) (governs the genitive)
Usage notes
editWords may be put between πρό and its case, but πρό does not come after its case.
Adverb
editπρό • (pró)
- (of place) before, in front, forth, forward
- (of time) before, beforehand
Derived terms
edit- πρόσω (prósō)
Descendants
edit- → English: pro-
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πρό”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1235
Further reading
edit- “πρό”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρό”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πρό”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πρό in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πρό in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πρό”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4253 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- above idem, page 3.
- advance idem, page 13.
- anchor idem, page 29.
- antecedent idem, page 32.
- anterior idem, page 32.
- before idem, page 69.
- beforehand idem, page 70.
- behalf idem, page 71.
- ere idem, page 281.
- for idem, page 334.
- forward idem, page 340.
- front idem, page 346.
- head idem, page 389.
- preference idem, page 634.
- to idem, page 878.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek prepositions
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek genitive prepositions
- Ancient Greek adverbs