πρόσθ-ιος

πρόσθε(ν)

Grammatical information: Adv. a. prep. w. gen.

Meaning: `ahead, before, formerly, yore; in front of' (Il., IA.)

Other forms: πρόσθα (Dor. Aeol.), from this πρόθθα (Cret.), πρόστα (Delph.).

Compounds: Also combined with other adv. (prep.), e.g. ἔμ-προσθε(ν), - θα `in front (of), before' (IA. resp. Dor. Aeol.) with ἐμπρόσθ-ιος `in the front', esp. of bodyparts (Hdt., Att., Arist.), - ίδιος `id.' (A. D., pap.), ἐπί-προσθεν `close before, near' Att., hell.) with ἐπιπροσθ-έω `to be in the way, in front of it, to hinder, to cover' (Hp., hell.), ὑπό-προσθε `just before' (Hp.) with ὑπαπροσθ-ίδιος `earlier (immigrated), older inhabintant' (Locr.).

Derivatives: πρόσθ-ιος `in the front', esp. of bodyparts (Hdt. as v. l., trag., Arist.; cf. ἐμπρόσθιος above), - ίδιος `id.' (Nonn.), προστ-ίζιος = προσθ-ίδιος `earlier, the former' (El.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] or GR [a formation built with Greek elements] [000]

Etymology: Formation in - θε(ν), - θα, because of the meaning and spread hardly with Kretschmer Glotta 1, 55 from πρός, but rather from πρό with analog. - σ- ( πρό-θεν only Greg. Cor.). Example hardly ὄπισθεν, as this seems to stand itself for ὄπι-θεν (rather the other way round ὄπισθεν after πρόσθεν). So after ἔκτοσ-θε(ν), ἔντοσ-θε(ν) (cf. Schwyzer 628) or to πρόσ(σ)-ω (cf. WP. 2, 38)? Extensive Lejeune Adv. en - θεν 333 ff.

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