A.the very first, Il.2.228, 16.656, Od.19.447; πολὺ π. Il.2.702, Od.14.220, etc.; ὁ π. χρόνος, opp. ὁ ἐνεστώς, PEleph.10.4 (iii B.C.); principal, primal, “θεὰ π. Νύξ” Phld.Piet.14; “αἰτία” Procl.Inst. 12; “τῶν φύσει κρειττόνων π. ὁ δημιουργός” Hierocl. in CA3p.424M., cf. Iamb.Comm.Math.4, al., Dexipp.Fr.32(b)J., Agath.3.2: neut. πρώτιστον as Adv., first of all, Od.10.462, 20.60, al., Pi.N.5.25, B.8.11, Ar.Lys.555, D.43.75, Antiph.98: also pl. “πρώτιστα” Il.1.105, Od.3.419, Hes.Op.109, A.Fr.195, S.OT1439, El.669, Ar.Pl.792; ἐπειδὴ π. now that, Alc.15.7; ὅτε π. when aforetime, Call.Aet.Oxy.2079.21; especially, principally, “π. ἁλίσκεται ἐνταῦθα τὸ ὄψον” Str.12.3.19: also τὸ π. E.Supp.430; τὰ π. Od.11.168.
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πρώτιστ-ος , η, ον, also ος, ον h.Cer.157:—poet. and late Prose Sup. of πρῶτος,