πρόσθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πρόσθε (prósthe) — poetic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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)

(of place) before, in front
(of time) before, earlier, formerly

Preposition

πρόσθεν • (prósthen) (governs the genitive)

before

Descendants

⇒ Translingual: Prostheclina

Further reading

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