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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πρόφρων (próphrōn) + -ως (-ōs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro.pʰro.né.ɔːs/ → /pro.ɸroˈne.os/ → /pro.froˈne.os/
Adverb
προφρονέως • (prophronéōs)
- readily
- earnestly, zealously
Further reading
- “προφρονέως”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- προφρονέως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- προφρονέως in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “προφρονέως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press