προ-στάς, άδος, ἡ,
(προΐστημι) properly part between the two antae (or wall-ends) of a building, [[ 1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 6.7.1, compare “Etymologicum Magnum” 688.35. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II vestibule, porch, portico, [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1, LXX.Judg.3.23, “GDI” 3723.5 (from Cos), “OGI” 51.22 (Egypt, 3rd c.BC), “PSI” 4.396 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 445.3, +others (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 77 i 22 (2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 793 xii 25, +others (2nd c.BC). ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]