πρόμος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prómos (whence also Middle Irish rom (early, too soon) and Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram, forward)), from Proto-Indo-European *pró (toward, leading to).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρόμος (prómosm (genitive πρόμου); second declension

  1. foremost man
    Synonym: πρόμαχος (prómakhos)
  2. chief

Declension

Further reading

  • πρόμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πρόμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πρόμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πρόμος”, 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.