COMPOUND: πρόθυρον, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [P+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘space before a door, whether or not it is a porch or portico: before the outmost entrance’
ETYMOLOGY: πρό ‘before, forth’ + noun root θύρ- (θύρα) ‘door’ + n. noun suf. -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. XI, 777; XV, 124; XVIII, 496; XIX, 212; XXII, 71; XXIV, 323; Od. I, 103, 119; III, 493; VII, 4; VIII, 304, 325; X, 220; XIV, 34; XV, 146, 191; XVI, 12; XVIII, 10, 386; XX, 355; XXI, 299; XXII, 474
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. n. sg., gen. sg., acc. sg., dat. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinative (P-argument) – tatpuruṣa (P-governing)
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