- προταινι
- προταινιGrammatical information: adv.Meaning: `ahead, in front of' (E. Rh. 523 ), Boeot. inscr. προτηνί `earlier'; προταίνιον πρὸ μικροῦ and παλαιόν (H.; text uncertain).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Acc. to Bechtel Dial. 1, 309 f. (with Meister a.o.; s. Bq) from πρὸ ται-νὶ (sc. ἡμέραι; locat.) with suffix -νι; to this also ποταίνιον (cf. Schwyzer 612). Diff. Brugmann Grundr.2 II: 1, 284 n.1: adverb to *πρό-ταινος from *προταν-ιο-ς with connection either with ταινία `stripe, band' (?) or with Skt. pra-tná- `previous, old', πρότανις, πρύτανις. -- Cf. ποταίνιος w. lit.Page in Frisk: 2,603
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.