πρι?ν (πρό): (1) adv., before, formerly, first;
πρίν μιν καὶ γῆρας ἔπεισιν,
‘sooner’ shall old age come upon her, Il. 1.29, Il.
24.551, Od. 3.117; freq.
τὸ πρίν, πολὺ πρίν, Od. 2.167.—(2) conj.,
before, with some peculiarities of construction which
may be learned from the grammars; the inf. is used more freely with
πρίν in Homer than in other authors.
Freq. doubled in correlation, πρὶν.. πρίν, Θ
452, Il. 1.97; so πάρος.. πρίν, πρόσθεν.. πρίν, πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε, πρίν
γ̓ ἤ (priusquam), Il.
5.288. Without verb, πρὶν ὥρη,
‘before it is time,’ Od.
15.394.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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