ἔμπροσθε
Adv.
I.
Adv.,
1.
of Place, before, in front, Hdt. 7.126, X. Cyr. 4.2.23; τὸ and τὰ ἔ. the front, the foreside, Id. HG 2.3.55, Hdt. 5.62, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἔ. forwards, Id. 4.61; στὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἔ. in front, opposite, X. Cyr. 2.2.6: metaph., εἰστοὔμπ. προελθεῖν Isoc.l.c.
2.
of Time, before, of old, Pl. Phdr. 277d, etc.; τὰ ἔ. Id. Grg. 448e; τὰ ἔ. τούτων ῥηθέντα Id. Lg. 773e; οἱ ἔ. our ancestors, Id. Plt. 296a, Hegesipp. l.c.; οἱ ἔ. Χρόνοι PPetr. 2p.19 (iii B. C.), etc.
II.
as Prep. c. gen., before, in front of,
1.
of Place, ἐ. αὐτῆς (sc. τῆς νηός) Hdt. 8.87, cf.2.110, etc.
2.
of Time, ἔ. ταύτης (sc. τῆς γνώμης) Id. 7.144; ἔ. εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων to be beforehand with events, D. 4.39.
3.
of Degree, ἔ. τοῦ δικαίου preferred before justice, Id. 56.50.