πρόνᾱος, orπροναῖος,α,ον, Ion.
προνήϊος,η,ον, Att.
πρόνεως: (ναός):—
A. before a temple,
βωμοὺς προνάους
A. Supp. 494
: esp. of godswhose statues stood before the temple, Ἀθηνᾶ καὶ Ἑρμῆς πρόναοιat Thebes, Paus. 9.10.2 ;πρόνεως,epith. of Poseidon, Hsch. ; freq. of Athena at Delphi, because she had a chapel or statue therebefore the great templeof Apollo, κατὰ τὸ ἱρὸν τῆς Προνηί̈ης Ἀθηναίης
Hdt. 8.37
, cf. 39 ; ἐν δὲ Προνηί̈ης τῆς ἐν Δελφοῖσι
Id. 1.92
; Παλλὰς προναία
A. Eu. 21
;ἐναγὴς ἔστω τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος . . καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ΠροναίαςDecr. Amphict. ap. Aeschin. 3.110 (Προνοίαςcodd., so also in 108 , al., but cf. Harp. ); χἡ Παλλάς, Δελφοί νιν ὅθ' ἱδρύοντο προναίην
Call. Fr. 220