πρώϊμος, ον,
Ionic dialect πρόϊμος conjecture in [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 482 (“Hermes” 24.453)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— early, of fruits, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 924b5, “OGI” 56.68 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of winter, [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.172] Refs]; ὥρη Call.[same place]; also, born early, ἄρνες [[ “PCair.Zen.” 771.10 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, precocious, π. πονηρία [[ 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 56 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]. adverb comparative -ώτερον[[ “PTeb.” 27.25 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]