πρόσω πρό poet. πόρσιον, πόρσιστα, Pind.
A.absol.:
I.of Place, forwards, onwards, further, Hom., etc.; μὴ πόρσω φωνεῖν to speak no further, id=Hom.; μηκέτι πάπταινε πόρσιον Pind.:—also with the Art., πορεύεσθαι αἰεὶ τὸ πρόσω Hdt.; ἰέναι τοῦ πρ. Xen.
2.too far, Plat.
III.of Time, forward, πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω, v. sub. ὀπίσω: — henceforth, hereafter, Aesch.; ὡς πόρσιστα as late as possible, Pind.; ἤδη πόρρω τῆς ἡμέρας οὔσης far spent, Aeschin.
B.c. gen.:
I.of Place, forwards to, further into, πρ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ Xen.:—metaph., πρ. ἀρετῆς ἀνήκειν to have reached a high point of virtue, Hdt.; πόρρω τῆς μοχθηρίας far in wickedness, Xen., etc.:— also with the Art., προβήσομαι ἐς τὸ πρ. τοῦ λόγου Hdt.; ἐς τὸ πρ. μεγάθεος τιμᾶσθαι to be honoured to a high point of greatness, i. e. very greatly, id=Hdt.
