Πρῷ
early
Translated by William Hutton8 Oct 2013Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[A] monosyllabic [word]. It means before [its/one's] time, and at dawn.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "[...] having bathed early. For I'm getting ready to host a wedding."2
"Whoever does not come very early dusted with darkness."3 [Pronounced] monosyllabically.4
"Whoever does not come very early dusted with darkness."3 [Pronounced] monosyllabically.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρῷ· μονοσύλλαβον. σημαίνει δὲ τὸ πρὸ καιροῦ, καὶ τὸ ἕωθεν. Ἀριστοφάνης· λουσάμενος πρῴ. μέλλω γὰρ ἑστιᾶν γάμους. ὃς ἂν μὴ πρῲ πάνυ τοῦ κνέφους ἥκῃ κεκονιμένος. μονοσυλλάβως.
Betacode
*prw=|: monosu/llabon. shmai/nei de\ to\ pro\ kairou=, kai\ to\ e(/wqen. *)aristofa/nhs: lousa/menos prw/|. me/llw ga\r e(stia=n ga/mous. o(\s a)\n mh\ prw\| pa/nu tou= kne/fous h(/kh| kekonime/nos. monosulla/bws.
Notes (4)
- 1cf. Phrynichus the Atticist 106.5-6, Orus the Black fr. 140, Pausanias the Atticist pi34, Hesychius pi4136. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Birds 132 (here with the unmetrical
lousa/menos in place of Aristophanes'lousa/mena ). See web address 1. ↩ - 3Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 290-292 (web address 2); already at kappa 1254. ↩
- 4That is, not
prwi+/ , like pi 2944 and pi 2945. For the monosyllabic form, see also pi 2939 and pi 2941 and, for related words, pi 2946, pi 1947, pi 2948. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- κ1254Κεκονιμένοςdust-covered[Meaning someone who is] in great haste, and (so to speak) filled with dust. "Whoever does not come first altogether dust-covered with darkness ...". Meaning when it is still in the darkness [of morning]. And elsewhere:…
- π2430Πρόϊζαthe day before yesterdaySee in the large prw [entry].
- π2939Πρῴearly[The Athenians pronounce it] monosyllabically in this way. [Meaning] still in deep dawn. Equal to 'at an [early] hour'. prw/| is a synairesis [contracted pronunciation] of prwi/+, hence has an oxytone accent; but prw=|n…
- 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…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 9 Dec 2021
- added links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Augmented n. 1, cosmetics — William Hutton
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, more x-refs — William Hutton
- added a note with cross-references, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton