[Meaning] the first seat.
*prwtoklisi/a: h( prw/th kaqe/dra.
Accented in this way, the word is the nominative singular form of a feminine noun. As such it is otherwise unattested, although the noun does appear elsewhere in other cases and numbers, most prominently in the Gospels (
Matthew 23:6,
Mark 12:39,
Luke 20:46, etc.); the entry perhaps stems from commentary to such passages. Accented differently (
prwtokli/sia), the word would be a neuter plural with roughly the same connotation attested at
2 Maccabees 4:21.
Normally the headword refers to a position of honor at a banquet, whereas the terminology of the gloss refers to the privilege of front-row seating at meetings and performances; compare generally
pi 2379,
pi 2381.
Adler reports that the lemma appears at
Lexicon Ambrosianum 1301.
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