I. Adv.,
1. of Place, before, in front, Hdt.7.126, X.Cyr.4.2.23; τὸ and τὰ ἔ. the front, the foreside, Id.HG2.3.55, Hdt.5.62, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἔ. forwards, Id.4.61; στὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἔ. in front, opposite, X.Cyr.2.2.6: metaph., εἰστοὔμπ. προελθεῖν Isoc.l.c.
2. of Time, before, of old, Pl.Phdr.277d, etc.; τὰ ἔ. Id.Grg.448e; “τὰ ἔ. τούτων ῥηθέντα” Id.Lg.773e; οἱ ἔ. our ancestors, Id.Plt.296a, Hegesipp. l.c.; “οἱ ἔ. Χρόνοι” PPetr.2p.19 (iii B. C.), etc.
II. as Prep. c. gen., before, in front of,