Πρῴ
early
Translated by William Hutton8 Oct 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[The Athenians pronounce it] monosyllabically in this way.
[Meaning] still in deep dawn.1
Equal to 'at an [early] hour'.prw/| is a synairesis [contracted pronunciation] of prwi/+ , hence has an oxytone accent; but prw=|n ['recently'?]2 has a circumflex. "Not recently did the tragedian gather for us." Callimachus [sc. writes this].3
[Meaning] still in deep dawn.1
Equal to 'at an [early] hour'.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρῴ· οὕτω μονοσυλλάβως. ἔτι ὄρθρου βαθέος. ἴσον τῷ ἐν ὥρᾳ. τοῦ πρωΐ συναίρεσίς ἐστι τὸ πρῴ, διὸ ὀξύνεται· τὸ δὲ πρῷν περισπᾶται. οὐ πρῷν μὲν ἡμῖν ὁ τραγῳδὸς ἤγειρε. Καλλίμαχος.
Betacode
*prw/|: ou(/tw monosulla/bws. e)/ti o)/rqrou baqe/os. i)/son tw=| e)n w(/ra|. tou= prwi/+ sunai/resi/s e)sti to\ prw/|, dio\ o)cu/netai: to\ de\ prw=|n perispa=tai. ou) prw=|n me\n h(mi=n o( tragw|do\s h)/geire. *kalli/maxos.
Notes (3)
- Apart from the phrase referred to in n. 1 below, this entry resembles both commentary on Aristophanes, Birds 129 (where the headword appears) and Herodian, De prosodia catholica 3.1.494.8-9 (which includes the quotation from Callimachus given below). Reference to these earlier sources allows supplementation of this patchy version of the text.
For words related to this adverb see particularly pi 2940, pi 2941, pi 2944, and pi 2945, but also pi 2946 through pi 2949. - 1This gloss = Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 1001b, and Photius pi1446 Theodoridis. The phrase 'deep dawn' was a idiomatic reference to the pale light that occurs just before sunrise. The wording of this gloss is taken directly from Plato himself: Protagoras 310A. ↩
- 2This word, attested only in the fragment of Callimachus preserved here and in Herodian (see general note above), could either be a variant of the headword or a variant of the related adverb
prw/hn ('recently'). ↩ - 3Callimachus, Iambi fr. 219 Pfeiffer. ↩
Linked from7 entries
- π2430Πρόϊζαthe day before yesterdaySee in the large prw [entry].
- π2940Πρῷearly[A] monosyllabic [word]. It means before [its/one's] time, and at dawn. Aristophanes [writes]: "[...] having bathed early. For I'm getting ready to host a wedding." "Whoever does not come very early dusted with…
- π2941ΠρῴearlyAlso [sc. attested is is] "of early [ones]." Aristophanes [writes]: "of early cucumbers." For the early cucumbers are good and without blemishes. That the early cucumbers are good is also asserted by the proverb, "when…
- π2946Πρωΐαmorn[Meaning] the morning situation.
- π2947Πρωϊαίτερονearlier[Meaning] quicker; or meaning before the rising of the sun.
- π2948Πρωϊζόνpreceding, yesterday's[Meaning] a little before.
- π2949Πρώϊμος Πρωϊνόνprior, premature, earlyAlso [sc. attested are] earlily and matutinal/matutinally.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
- fixed footnote numbers — William Hutton
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton