ἐμπρόσθιος
ον
A.
fore, like πρόσθιος, of the feet of a quadruped, opp. ὀπίσθιοι, ἐ. πόδες Hdt. 4.60; σκέλη X. Eq. 11.2, Arist. PA 688a12, BCH 35.286 (Delos); κῶλα Arist. PA 687b28; οἱ ἐ. ὀδόντες Id. Ph. 198b25; ἐ. τραύμ/ατα wounds in front, D.H. 10.37.
II.
Astron., preceding in the daily motion of the heavens, Cleom. 1.1.