præ-Socratic

Noun

 * 1) * 1931, Man (journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland), volume 31, page 232:
 * I should have preferred to see him do for Polynesia what, for instance, Diels did for the præ-Socratics
 * I should have preferred to see him do for Polynesia what, for instance, Diels did for the præ-Socratics