𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰

Etymology
From and cognate to 🇨🇬. Contains the comparative suffix.

Adjective

 * 1)  the former, the first of two
 * 2) former previous
 * 1) former previous
 * 1) former previous
 * 1) former previous

Usage notes
There is no corresponding positive degree.

When used adverbially, in the accusative singular neuter, it has the sense of (as in the above quote from Gal. 4:13).

Declension
A variant form is attested.

Noun

 * 1) beginning initial portion of some extended thing

Usage notes
Does not occur outside of the phrase.

Declension
Only found in the dative singular. It may have been a masculine a-stem or i-stem, or a neuter a-stem (as Lehmann guesses). Alternatively, it may be a nominalization of the above adjectve.