Included with:
πρόσω,
Epic dialect,
Ionic dialect, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], Trag. (but
falsa lectio for{πρὸ ἕω} in [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
poetry πρόσσω; also
πόρσω, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later
Attic dialect πόρρω [
Refs 5th c.BC+] should be restored in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —Regul. _comparative_ and _superlative_ προσωτέρω, πορρωτέρω, προσωτάτω, πορρωτάτω, see at {προσωτέρω}:
poetry comparative πόρσιον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative πόρσιστα [
Refs].
adverb: (πρό).
A)
absolutely:
I) of Place, generally with a notion of motion,
forwards, onwards, π. ἄγειν, φέρειν, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵπποι πρόσσω μεμαυῖαι[
Refs]; π. κατέκυψε[
Refs]; π. τετραμμένος αἰεί[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραγγεῖλαι, πέμψαι π, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; βῆναι, ἕρπειν π, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ πόρσω φωνεῖν speak no
further, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἰέναι τοῦ π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) of Distance,
far off, παπταίνειν τὰ πόρσω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόσω λεύσσειν to see
at a distance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω ποιεῖν τι leave
at a distance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σκέλη κινεῖν ταχὺ καὶ π, of a runner, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2)
too far, καὶ νῦν ἴσως πόρρω ἀποτενοῦμεν [τὸν λόγον] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
in front, τὰ π. μέρη [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III) of Time,
forward, πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω, see at {ὀπίσω} 11; χρόνος. ἰὼν πόρσω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of continuance, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
hereafter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναβάλλομαι ὡς πόρσιστα
as late as possible, [
Refs]; ἤδη πόρρω τῆς ἡμέρας οὔσης
far spent, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μέχρι πόρρω till
late, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
B) with
genitive:
B.I) of Place,
further into, π. τοῦ ποταμοῦ προβαίνειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+] will go
far in wickedness, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀρετῆς ἀνήκειν to have reached
a high point of virtue, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τέχνης a
past master, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with
Article, προβήσομαι ἐς τὸ π. τοῦ λόγου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ π. μεγάθεος τιμῶνται are honoured
to a high point of greatness, i.e. very greatly, [
Refs]
B.II) of Distance,
far from, οὐ π. τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω τέχνης,= οὐκ ἀπὸ τέχνης, i. e. φύσει, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρω που τῶν ἐμαυτῷ πεπολιτευμένων
far below them, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σαρκός
very far (i. e. different)
from, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὕτω πόρρω εἶ περὶ τοῦ δικαίου so
far out in your notions of right, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.III) of Time, ὡς πρόσω ἦν τῆς νυκτός
far into the night, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.III.2) οὐ π. ἑπτὰ ἡμερέων not
longer than, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]