πρώην

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρῴην (prōíēn) — Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *preh₃i, from *pró (“toward, leading to”). See also πρωῐ̈́ (prōĭ̈́, “morning”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prɔ̌ː.ɛːn/ → /ˈpro.in/ → /ˈpro.in/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prɔ̌ː.ɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.e̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.in/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.in/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.in/

Adverb

πρώην • (prṓēn)

1. lately; just now
2. the day before yesterday

Derived terms

• πρωῐ̈́ (prōĭ̈́)
• πρώῐ̈ζᾰ (prṓĭ̈ză)
• πρώῐ̈ος (prṓĭ̈os)

Descendants

• Greek: πρώην (próin)

Further reading

• “πρώην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρώην” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρώην, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρώην (prṓēn, “lately”).

Adjective

πρώην • (próin) (indeclinable)

1. former, ex, onetime, sometime

Usage notes

• πρώην refers to any previous holder(s) of an office or position; τέως refers to the immediately previous holder of an office or position.

  όλοι οι πρώην πρωθυπουργοί και ο τέως Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας

  all the previous prime ministers and the previous President of the Republic

Coordinate terms

• τέως (téos, “former, ex-”, adverb)

Further reading

• πρώην, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language