πρόσω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρόσσω (próssō) — with heavy first syllable for metrical purposes

Etymology

From πρός (prós) +‎ -ω (-ō, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pró.sɔː/ → /ˈpro.so/ → /ˈpro.so/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pró.sɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.so/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.so/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.so/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.so/

Adverb

πρόσω • (prósō) (Epic, Ionic, poetic)

1. forward
2. in the future

Further reading

• “πρόσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πρόσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρόσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πρόσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • afar idem, page 15.
  • ahead idem, page 20.
  • away idem, page 56.
  • distantly idem, page 240.
  • far idem, page 306.
  • forth idem, page 339.
  • forward idem, page 340.
  • front idem, page 346.
  • off idem, page 569.
  • on idem, page 573.
  • onward idem, page 574.
  • remotely idem, page 694.
  • straight idem, page 822.