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|link=&#123;&#123;filepath:woodhouse_1023.jpg&#125;&#125;]]Προκρούστης, -ου, ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Prŏcrustes</b>: ae, m., = Προκρούστης,<br /><b>I</b> a [[noted]] [[highwayman]] in [[Attica]]. He had a [[bed]] [[upon]] [[which]] he compelled travellers to [[lie]] [[down]]; [[when]] [[they]] were [[longer]] [[than]] the [[bed]] he [[cut]] [[off]] as [[much]] of [[their]] limbs as would [[suffice]] to [[make]] the [[length]] [[equal]]; and [[when]] [[they]] were shorter he stretched [[them]] [[out]] to its [[length]]. He [[was]] [[slain]] by [[Theseus]]: vidit et immitem Cephisias ora Procrusten, Ov. M. 7, 438: [[torvus]], id. H. 2, 69; Sen. Clem. 2, 4, 1; cf. Hyg. Fab. 38.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Prŏcrustēs</b>,¹⁴ æ, m. (Προκρούστης), Procruste ou Procuste, brigand de l’Attique, tué par Thésée : Ov. M. 7, 438 ; Sen. Clem. 2, 4, 1.
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{{Georges
|georg=Procrūstēs, ae, m. (Προκρούστης), [[ein]] [[Räuber]] in Attika, eig. [[Damastes]] [[oder]] [[Polypemon]] [[mit]] Namen, der die gefangenen [[Wanderer]] [[auf]] [[ein]] Folterbett spannte und ihnen, [[wenn]] [[sie]] länger waren, die überragenden Glieder abhieb, [[wenn]] [[sie]] kürzer waren, [[sie]] [[bis]] zur [[Länge]] [[des]] Bettes ausreckte; er wurde [[von]] [[Theseus]] getötet, Ov. [[met]]. 7, 438. Sen. de clem. 2, 4, 1. Hyg. fab. 38.
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