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πάροιθε

paroithe

before, in the presence of, in front, formerly, of old

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 5 · 7.06/10k
Persians 3 · 5.89/10k
Ion 5 · 5.47/10k
Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 3 · 3.36/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 3 · 3.24/10k
Phoenissae 3 · 3.11/10k
Helen 3 · 3.07/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

πάροιθε · paroithe — LSJ

I before, in the presence of

Prep. c. gen. loci, before, and c. gen. pers., in the presence of, π. μεγάροιο, αὐτοῖο, Od. 4.625, Il. 1.360, etc.; separated from its case, π. ἐλθοῦσα, φίλον τέκος, ἵζευ ἐμεῖο 3.162, cf. 14.427, etc.; after its case, Κορωνήας . . π. Alc. 9.

2 before

of Time, π. ἐμοῦ before me, A. Pr. 503 ; κείνου π. S. Tr. 605.

Adv.,

1 before, in front

of Place, before, in front, οἳ δεύτεροι οἵ τε πάροιθεν Il. 23.498, cf. 213, 6.319, etc.

2 formerly, before, of old

of Time, formerly, 23.20, 180, Od. 6.174, Pi. O. 13.102, A. Ag. 1372 ; before it got so far, Il. 4.185 ; τὸ πάροιθεν Od. 1.322, 2.312, 18.275 ; οἱ π. men of old, Pi. P. 2.60 ; τῆς π. ἡμέρας E. Ph. 853, cf. A. Pers. 180 ; πάροιθεν πρὶν . . ἐκπέμψαι, = Lat. priusquam, S. El. 1131 : also c. inf., = πρίν, π. ἐπὶ νῆα κατελθεῖν Theoc. 17.48 ; cf. παροίτερος, παροίτατος.

In the wild

πάροιθεν · paroithen Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1372–1373
πάροιθεν · paroithen Aeschylus, Agamemnon 167–170
πάροιθεν · paroithen Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 390–393
πάροιθεν · paroithen Aeschylus, Persians 179
πάροιθε · paroithe Aeschylus, Persians 470–471
πάροιθεν · paroithen Aeschylus, Persians 607–615

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