προτέρ-ημα, ατος, τό,
advantage, superiority, in plural, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.51.3, 16.20.6, +others; π. φυσικά 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.87 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.39, compare 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 44.3, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 1.16: less frequently in _sing._, ἐπὶ μηδενὶ ἐπαρθῇς ἀλλοτρίῳ π. 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in war, advantage gained, success, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.9.7, 2.10.6, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.19, +others; ἐπὶ τοῦ π. γίγνεσθαι [prev. author] 3.54; οὐκ ἔσται τὸ π. σου LXX.Judg.4.9, compare 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 13.1. ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]
__II privilege, τὰ τῆς βασιλείας π. [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 31.19, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 1st c.BC+]