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G04404

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

πρωί

Etym. πρό

1. "early in the day, early, at morn", Il.; c. gen., πρωὶ ἔτι τῆς ἡμέρης Hdt.; ἑκάστης ἡμέρας τὸ πρῷ Xen.; πρῷ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ "early" next morning, id=Xen.; ἅμα πρωί, ἀπὸ πρωί NTest.

2. generally, "betimes, early, in good time", Lat. mature, tempestive, Hes., Ar., etc.; c. gen., πρῲ τῆς ὥρας Thuc.

3. = πρὸ καιροῦ, "too soon, too early", πρῷ γε στενάζεις Aesch.; πρῲ ἐσβαλόντες, καὶ τοῦ σίτου ἔτι χλωροῦ ὄντος Thuc. —πρωί takes its degrees of comparison from its deriv. adj. πρώιος, comp. πρωιαίτερον, Sup. πρωιαίτατα, attic πρῳαίτερον, πρῳαίτατα, Thuc., etc.