πρόδρομ-ος, ον,
running forward with headlong speed, π. ἦλθον A. Th. 211 (lyr.); φυγάδα πρόδρομον S. Ant. 108 (lyr.), etc.; μόλε π. v.l. in E. Ph. 296 (lyr.).
2. running before, going in advance, π. στρατιή Hdt. 9.14; κήρυκας π. προπέμπειν Id. 1.60; π. ἥκω E. IA 424; freq. of horsemen in advance of an army, Hdt. 4.121, 122; π. τῶν ἄλλων ἥκειν Id. 7.203, cf. Th. 2.22; λεὼς π. ἱππότας A. Th. 80 (lyr.); mounted skirmishers, οἱ π. ’guides’, a special corps in the Maced. army, Arr. An. 1.12.7, cf. D.S. 17.17; οἱ ἀμφὶ [τὸν ἵππαρχον] πρόδρομοι X. Eq.Mag. 1.25; at Athens, Arist. Ath. 49.1; also, of light ships, Alciphr. 1.11 .
3. metaph., precursor, ἀστέρα . . ἀελίου π. Ion Lyr. 10; ἠπίαλος πυρετοῦ π. Ar. Fr. 332 (anap.); δείπνου π. ἄριστον Eub. 75.13; π. τοῦ δοκοῦντος καλλίστου εἶναι Pl. Chrm. 154a, cf. Plot. 6.7.7 .
4. π. (sc. οἶνος ), v. πρότροπος.
II as Subst., πρόδρομοι, οἱ,
1 v. supr. 1.2 .
2. northerly winds, preceding the etesian winds, Arist. Mete. 361b24, Pr. 941b7, Thphr. Vent. 11 .
3. early figs, Id. CP 5.1.5 sq., cf. Plin. HN 16.113 .
G4274 — πρόδρομος
προδρομου, ὁ, ἡ (προτρέχω, προδραμεῖν), a forerunner (especially one who is sent before to take observations or act as spy, a scout, a light-armed soldier; Aeschylus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, others; cf. Wis. 12:8); one who comes in advance to a place whither the rest are to follow: [Heb 6:20].
πρό - δρομος , - ον
( < προτρέχω ),
[in LXX : [Num 13:21] (20), [Isa 28:4] (H1061), Wis 12:8 * ;]
running forward, going in advance. As subst ., ὁ Papyri, an advance guard, forerunner: [Heb 6:20]. †