πρόϊμος

πρόϊμος, ον (the standard sp. is πρώϊμος [X., Oec. 17, 4 al.; OGI 56, 68 πρώϊμος σπόρος: III B.C.; PTebt 27, 25; 76: 113 B.C.; L-S-J-M s.v.; DGeorgacas, ClPh 76, ’81, 156; s. RPfeiffer’s note in Callimachus I ’49, 392, on Fgm. 550/482]; on LXX usage s. Thackeray p. 90.—B-D-F §35, 1; Mlt-H. 73). The subst. (s. B-D-F §241, 5; W-S. §5, 19) πρόϊμος Js 5:7 (opp. ὄψιμος; s. Tdf. app. on the rdg. πρώϊμον, and add P⁷⁴) is usu. understood to mean early rain in line w. t.r. and many mss. that add ὑετός (Hollmann, Windisch, MDibelius, et al., w. ref. to Dt 11:14; Hos 6:3; Jo 2:23; Zech 10:1; Jer 5:24.). Others think of the early crops based on the v.l. πρ(ό)ϊμον καρπόν (cp. Petosiris, Fgm. 6, ln. 45 πρώϊμοι καρποί; Geopon. 1, 12, 32 οἱ πρώϊμοι καρποὶ κ. οἱ ὄψιμοι).—In B 3:4, τότε ῥαγήσεται πρόϊμον τὸ φῶς σου is quoted fr. Is 58:8. The LXX might better have translated the Hebr. orig. w. πρωϊνός, but it seems likely that the translator meant ‘early’=soon.—DELG s.v. πρώην. M-M.