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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of πάρος (páros) with the suffix -θεν (-then).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pá.roi̯.tʰen/ → /ˈpa.ry.θen/ → /ˈpa.ri.θen/
Adverb
πάροιθεν • (pároithen)
- in front
- heretofore, beforehand
Preposition
πάροιθεν • (pároithen) (governs the genitive)
- in the presence of, before, in front of
Further reading
- “πάροιθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πάροιθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πάροιθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.