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1 forerunner
(a person or thing which is a sign of what is to follow: Penicillin was the forerunner of modern antibiotics.) πρόδρομος -
2 Forerunner
subs.Use adj, P. πρόδρομος, ὁ (also Eur., I.A. 424, but the passage is doubtful).Messenger: P. and V. ἄγγελος, ὁ or ἡ, V. πομπός, ὁ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Forerunner
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subs.P. and V. κῆρυξ, ὁ, V. κλητήρ, ὁ.Female herald: Ar. κηρύκαινα, ἡ.Messenger: P. and V. ἄγγελος, ὁ, V. πομπός, ὁ.Forerunner: P. πρόδρομος, ὁ.Herald of falsehood: V. ψευδοκῆρυξ, ὁ.Of a herald, adj.: P. κηρυκικός.Herald's staff, subs. P. κηρύκειον, τό, Ar. κηρύκιον.——————v. trans.Proclaim as herald: P. and V. κηρύσσειν, ἀνακηρύσσειν, προειπεῖν, ἀνειπεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀναγορεύειν, V. ἐκκηρύσσειν.Declare, announce: P. and V. ἀγγέλλειν, ἀπαγγέλλειν, ἐξαγγέλλειν, διαγγέλλειν, ἐκφέρειν; see Announce.Summon by herald: Ar. and V. εἰσκηρύσσειν.Escort: P. and V. πέμπειν, προπέμπειν.Dawn heralding the day: V. φωσφόρος ῞Εως, ἡ.Portend: P. and V. σημαίνειν, φαίνειν, V. προσημαίνειν, προφαίνειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Herald
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