πρώϊμος

See also: πρώιμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρῷμος (prôimos) — Attic
• πρόϊμος (próïmos) — Ionic

Etymology

πρωΐ (prōḯ) +‎ -μος (-mos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prɔ̌ː.i.mos/ → /ˈpro.i.mos/ → /ˈpro.i.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prɔ̌ː.i.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.i.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.i.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.i.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.i.mos/

Adjective

πρώϊμος • (prṓïmos) m or f (neuter πρώϊμον); second declension

1. early
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 17.4, (of fruits)
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 924b.5, (of fruits)
   • 3rd century B.C.E., Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 56.68, (from Canopus; of fruits)
   • Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.172, (of winter)
   • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Fr. 482:

     ὥρη

     hṓrē

   • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Hermes 24.453:

     ὥρη

     hṓrē

   1. born early
      • 3rd century B.C.E., PCair.Zen. 771.10:

        ἄρνες

        árnes

2. (figuratively) precocious
   • Metrodorus, Fragments 56:

     πρώϊμος πονηρία

     prṓïmos ponēría

Declension

Second declension of πρώϊμος; πρώϊμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πρώϊμος prṓïmos	πρώϊμον prṓïmon		πρωΐμω prōḯmō	πρωΐμω prōḯmō		πρώϊμοι prṓïmoi	πρώϊμᾰ prṓïma
Genitive		πρωΐμου prōḯmou	πρωΐμου prōḯmou		πρωΐμοιν prōḯmoin	πρωΐμοιν prōḯmoin		πρωΐμων prōḯmōn	πρωΐμων prōḯmōn
Dative		πρωΐμῳ prōḯmōi	πρωΐμῳ prōḯmōi		πρωΐμοιν prōḯmoin	πρωΐμοιν prōḯmoin		πρωΐμοις prōḯmois	πρωΐμοις prōḯmois
Accusative		πρώϊμον prṓïmon	πρώϊμον prṓïmon		πρωΐμω prōḯmō	πρωΐμω prōḯmō		πρωΐμους prōḯmous	πρώϊμᾰ prṓïma
Vocative		πρώϊμε prṓïme	πρώϊμον prṓïmon		πρωΐμω prōḯmō	πρωΐμω prōḯmō		πρώϊμοι prṓïmoi	πρώϊμᾰ prṓïma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πρωΐμως prōḯmōs			πρωϊμώτερος prōïmṓteros			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πρώιμος (próimos)

Further reading

• “πρώϊμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρώιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πρώϊμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette