πρατοτόκος

A. bearing or having borne her first-born, μήτηρ π., of a heifer, Il. 17.5; αἴξ Theoc. 5.27; ὗς, ταὧς, Arist. HA 546a12, 564a30; κύων Dsc. 2.70.6; of women, Pl. Tht. 151c,161a; νύμφη Orph. L. 193.

II. proparox. πρωτότοκος,ον, Pass.,first-born, LXX Ge. 22.21,al., Ev.Luc. 2.7, PLips. 28.15 (iv A.D.), Man. 3.9; τὰ π. τῶν προβάτων LXX Ge. 4.4, cf. PMag. Osl. 1.312; π. ἐγὼ ἢ σύ LXX 2 Ki. 19.43.

2. metaph., π. πάσης κτίσεως Ep.Col. 1.15; of Homer, opp. Nicander, AP 9.213.