προθύραιος

α, ον, ος, ον, τά

θύρα

A. before the door; προθυραία, epith. of Artemis, Orph. H. 2.4,12, prob. (for ‐ιδία) in S.E. M. 9.185; but Ἑκάτη προθύραιε Procl. H. 6.2,14.
II. προθύραια,τά, front doorway, h.Merc. 384.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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