πρώτιστ-ος,η,ον, alsoος,ον
h.Cer. 157 :—poet. and late Prose Sup. of
πρῶτος,
A. the very first, Il. 2.228 , 16.656 , Od. 19.447 ;πολὺ π. Il. 2.702 , Od. 14.220 , etc.;ὁ π. χρόνος, opp.ὁ ἐνεστώς, PEleph. 10.4
(iii B.C.);principal, primal, θεὰ π. Νύξ
Phld. Piet. 14
; αἰτία
Procl. Inst. 12
; τῶν φύσει κρειττόνων π. ὁ δημιουργός
Hierocl. in CA 3p.424M.
, cf. Iamb. Comm.Math. 4 , al., Dexipp. Fr. 32 (b) J. , Agath. 3.2 : neut.πρώτιστονasAdv.,first of all, Od. 10.462 , 20.60 , al., Pi. N. 5.25 , B. 8.11 , Ar. Lys. 555 , D. 43.75 , Antiph. 98 : also pl. πρώτιστα
Il. 1.105
, Od. 3.419 , Hes. Op. 109 , A. Fr. 195 , S. OT 1439 , El. 669 , Ar. Pl. 792 ;ἐπειδὴ π.now that, Alc. 15.7 ;ὅτε π. whenaforetime, Call. Aet.Oxy. 2079.21 ;especially, principally, π. ἁλίσκεται ἐνταῦθα τὸ ὄψον