ἐμπρόσθ-ιος, ον,
fore, like{πρόσθιος}, of the feet of a quadruped, opposed to ὀπίσθιοι, ἐ. πόδες [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60; σκέλη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 688a12, “BCH” 35.286 (from Delos); κῶλα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 687b28; οἱ ἐ. ὀδόντες [prev. author] “Ph.” 198b25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τραύματα wounds in front, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.37. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II Astron., preceding in the daily motion of the heavens, [[ 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]