COMPOUND: προγενής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [P+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘born before, primaeval’
ETYMOLOGY: πρό ‘before’ + noun root γεν- (γένος, -ους) ‘birth’ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 555; XXIII, 789; Od. II, 29; XI, 343;
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., nom. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – bahuvrīhi
NOTES: in Hom. always in comparative form.