προηγούμενος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

present participle of προηγέομαι (proēgéomai) / προηγοῦμαι (proēgoûmai, to go first, lead). See προ- (pro-) + ἡγούμενος (hēgoúmenos).

Pronunciation

 

Participle

προηγούμενος • (proēgoúmenos) m (feminine προηγουμένη, neuter προηγούμενον); first/second declension

  1. preceding, going first, leading the way
  2. (expression) κατά (katá) προηγούμενον λόγον (lógon): according to a guiding principle
  3. (in neuter plural): τά προηγούμενα
    1. premises, initial data
    2. (mathematics) forward points (at the same side of a radius vector
    3. (astronomy) τὰ προηγούμενα ζῴδια: the leading signs in the daily movement of the heavens

Declension

Antonyms

  • ἑπόμενος (hepómenos)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: προηγούμενος (proïgoúmenos)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Present participle of προηγούμαι (proïgoúmai), a verb without active forms. Also substantivised. From Ancient Greek προηγούμενος (proēgoúmenos), present participle of προηγέομαι / προηγοῦμαι (proēgoûmai).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾo.iˈɣu.me.nos/
  • Hyphenation: προ‧η‧γού‧με‧νος

Noun

προηγούμενος • (proïgoúmenos) m (plural προηγούμενοι)

  1. the preceding, the previous one
    Ο προηγούμενος είπε ότι οι ερωτήσεις της προφορικής εξέτασης ήταν δύσκολες.
    O proïgoúmenos eípe óti oi erotíseis tis proforikís exétasis ítan dýskoles.
    The previous one [student] said that the questions of the oral test were difficult.

Declension

Compare to declension of the masculine participle προηγούμενος.

Antonyms

Participle

προηγούμενος • (proïgoúmenos) m (feminine προηγούμενη, neuter προηγούμενο)

  1. preceding, previous

Usage notes

(formal) learned forms of the participle, functioning mostly as nouns, are inflected in the fashion of Ancient Greek προηγούμενος (proēgoúmenos).

The following substantivized forms have special meanings:

Declension

Synonyms

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See also

References

  1. προηγούμενος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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