προ-άστιον, τό,
suburb, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 129.2, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1432, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 836, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.78, 3.142, 8.129, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34, “IG” 22.1191.19 (4th c.BC), “SIG” 1215.27 (Myconus, 3rd-2nd c.BC), “Anthologia Graeca” 11.38 (1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista Rex)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ὁ τῆς πόλεως περίβολος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759a, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.2, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.78.11, etc.: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.27, LXX.Num.35.2, 7, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 24, “OGI” 483.160 (Pergam.), 669.48 (Egypt, 1st c.AD), “PGrenf.” 2.70.3 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__2 house or estate in the suburbs, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.7, “VS” 2.1.11. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]