before, Lat. prae:
A.PREP. WITH GENIT.:
I.of Place, before, in front of, πρὸ ἄστεος, πρὸ πυλάων Hom.; οὐρανόθι πρό Il.; χωρεῖν πρὸ δόμων to come out in front of, Soph.
2.before, in front of, for the purpose of shielding or guarding, στῆναι πρὸ Τρώων Il.:— in defence of, for, μάχεσθαι πρὸ γυναικῶν id=Il.; ὀλέσθαι πρὸ πόληος, Lat. pro patria mori, id=Il.
II.of Time, before, πρὸ γάμοιο Od.; πρὸ ὁ τοῦ ( = ὁ πρὸ τοῦ) ἐνόησεν one before the other, Il.; πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου Plat., etc.; πρὸ πολλοῦ long before, Hdt.; τὸ πρὸ τούτου before this, before, Thuc.; πρὸ τοῦ (often written προτοῦ) before, Hdt., attic
III.in other relations:
1.of Preference, before, sooner or rather than, κέρδος πρὸ δίκας αἰνῆσαι to praise sleight before right, Pind.; πᾶν πρὸ τῆς παρεούσης λύπης anything before, rather than their actual grievance, Hdt.; πρὸ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαι to esteem above much, i. e. very highly, Isocr.; so, πρὸ πολλῶν χρημάτων τιμᾶσθαι Thuc.: redundant, after a comp., ἡ τυραννὶς πρὸ ἐλευθερίης ἀσπαστότερον Hdt.
2.of Cause or Motive, Lat. prae, for, out of, from, πρὸ φόβοιο for fear, Il.; πρὸ τῶνδε there fore, Soph.
C.πρό, absol. as adv.:
I.of Place, before, in front, forth, forward, Il.
II.of Time, before, beforehand, Od.: before, earlier, Hes.: prematurely, Aesch.
D.πρό IN COMPOS.
I.with Substs., to denote
II.with Adjs., to denote
2.forth from, προθέλυμνος, πρόρριζος.
III.with Verbs,
1.of Place, before, forwards, προβαίνω, προβάλλω: also before, in defence, προκινδυνεύω.
3.giving away, προδίδωμι.
4.before, in preference, προαιροῦμαι, προτιμάω.
5.before, beforehand, προαισθάνομαι, προνοέω, προοράω.
