μακρὰ γὰρ ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ χαλεπὴ τὸ πρῶτον,

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μακρὰ γὰρ ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ χαλεπὴ τὸ πρῶτον,


the problem i have here is that i don't know how to translate the sentence because the word is in red.

 

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μακρὰ γὰρ ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ χαλεπὴ τὸ πρῶτον,

the problem i have here is that i don't know how to translate the sentence because the word is in red.

Just use red in your translated version as well

 

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Just use red in your translated version as well

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I would understand to proton to be a Greek accusative / an accusative of respect ("with respect to the beginning") and would translate it adverbially as something like "at first"