πρός

See also: προς and προσ-

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti. Cognates include Sanskrit प्रति (práti), Latin pretium, and Old Church Slavonic противъ (protivŭ). May be related to πρό (pró, before).

Pronunciation

 

Preposition

πρός (prós) (governs the genitive, dative, and accusative)

  1. (of direction) forward to, toward
    1. (with genitive) the side of, pertaining to
    2. (with dative) by the side of, near to
    3. (with accusative) the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, or whither or for which it is predicated: about, according to, against, among, at, because of, before, between, ([where-]) by, for, at someone's house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), together, to ([you]) -ward, unto, with (-in)

Descendants

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