πρόκροσσοι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=αι, α, or οι,<br><span class="bld">A</span> a, [[ranged in rows]] or [[ranks]], of ships on a narrow beach, Il.14.35; πρόκροσσαι ὅρμεον τὸ ἐς πόντον καὶ ἐπὶ ὀκτὼ νέας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.188; <b class="b3">πέριξ αὐτὸ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὸ χαλκήϊον</b>) γρυπῶν κεφαλαὶ πρόκροσσοί εἰσι Id.4.152; <b class="b3">συνδέσεις οὐ περιφερεῖς, ἀλλὰ πρόκροσσαι</b> not round, but [[ranged in ranks]], Democr. ap. [[Theophrastus]] ''Sens.''79, cf. Opp.''H.'' 4.606: metaph., <b class="b3">πρόκροσσοι φερόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν κίνδυνον</b> rushing [[in serried ranks]] into danger, Agathocl.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later in sg., [[fringed]], π. περίβλημα Poll.7.52.

|mdlsjtxt=<br />ranged at [[regular]] intervals, like steps or [[battlements]] (v. κρόσσαἰ; of ships [[drawn]] up on the [[beach]], ranged in a row, Il.; πρόκροσσαι ἐς πόντον ἐπὶ [[ὀκτώ]] ranged in rows turned seawards [[eight]] [[deep]], Hdt.; of a cup, [[πέριξ]] [[αὐτοῦ]] γρυπῶν κεφαλαὶ οἱ [[πρόκροσσοι]] [[ἦσαν]] the heads of griffins were set at intervals [[round]] it, Hdt.