[*] 651. Πρὶν ἤ, sooner than, which is a more developed form of πρίν, is found twice in the Iliad with the infinitive; and very frequently in Herodotus with the infinitive (only after past tenses), the indicative, and the subjunctive (without ἄν). E.g. Οὐ μὴν σφῶί γ᾽ ὀίω πρίν γ᾽ ἀποπαύσασθαι πρὶν ἢ ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα. Il. v. 287.The same words occur after πρὶν ἤ in xxii. 266. Οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι, πρὶν μὲν ἢ Ψαμμήτιχον σφέων βασιλεῦσαι, ἐνόμιζον ἑωυτοὺς πρώτους γενέσθαι πάντων ἀνθρώπων. HDT. ii. 2. Πρὶν γὰρ ἢ ὀπίσω σφέας ἀναπλῶσαι ἐς τὰς Σάρδις ἥλω ὁ Κροῖσος. Id. i. 78. Οὐ γὰρ δὴ πρότερον ἀπανέστη, πρὶν ἤ σφεας ὑποχειρίους ἐποιήσατο. Id. vi. 45. Ἀδικέει ἀναπειθόμενος πρὶν ἢ ἀτρεκέως ἐκμάθῃ. Id. vii. 10. Οὐ πρότερον παύσομαι πρὶν ἢ ἕλω τε καὶ πυρώσω τὰς Ἀθήνας. Id. vii. 8.
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