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Headword: *proale/staton
Adler number: pi,2312
Translated headword: most rash(ly), very rash(ly)
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] most/very reckless(ly).
Greek Original:
*proale/staton: propete/staton.
Notes:
The headword is superlative of the adjective proalh/s (see the gloss pi 2493) which literally means sloping forward; masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular. Perhaps used adverbially, though attestations are limited to lexicography (references at Photius pi1174 Theodoridis).
The comparative occurs in Strabo and elsewhere.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 7 October 2012@01:24:36.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaking) on 7 October 2012@03:53:30.
David Whitehead on 14 October 2013@06:20:41.

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