πρωΐ [ῐ],
Attic dialect πρῴ[[ (Hdn.Gr. 1.494, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 132, etc.), though codices commonly give πρῶϊ, πρωΐ, or πρῷ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: adverb: (πρό):— early in the day, at morn, opposed to ὀψέ (accusative to [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], the forenoon, between ἀνατολή and μεσημβρία), πρωῒ (variant{πρῶϊ}) ὑπηοῖοι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.530, +others: with _genitive_, πρωῒ ἔτι τῆς ἡμέρης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.101; ἑκάστης ἡμέρας τὸ πρῴ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.30, compare “PSI” 3.402.10 (3rd c.BC): also πρῲ πάνυ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 104 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρῲ τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ early next morning, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.16; τὸ πρωῒ LXX.Gen.19.27; ἅμα πρωΐ NT.Matt.20.1; ἀπὸ πρωῒ ἕως ἑσπέρας NT.Act.28.23. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, betimes, early, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 461, “fragment” 204, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 132, etc.: with _genitive_, πρωῒ τοῦ ἦρος, τοῦ θέρεος, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.1, 2. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 ={πρὸ καιροῦ} [[(2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.106 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)] Refs 5th c.BC+], too soon, too early, πρῴ γε στενάζεις (variant{πρό}) [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 696; δέδοικα γὰρ μὴ πρῲ λέγοις ἄν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 631; πρῲ ἐσβαλόντες, καὶ τοῦ σίτου ἔτι χλωροῦ ὄντος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.6, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 135c.— _comparative_ and _superlative_ πρωΐτερον (or πρῴτερον), πρωΐτατα (or πρῴτατα) are found in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.19, 39, 8.101, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 26.4, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 47 (23). 35, 51(27).51, variant in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.1.6, 2.3.2, 6.8.13, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but usually πρωϊαίτερον (or πρῳαίτερον), πρωϊαίτατα (or πρῳαίτατα), Hp. [prev. cited] (variant), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 59d, 59e, “Tht.” 150e, “Prt.” 326c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.9, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]