προθέλυμνος
πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὄστρεια παρὰ Νηρεῖ τινι ἰδὼν γέροντι φυκί ἠμφιεσμένα ἔλαβον ἐχίνους τ' ἐστὶ γὰρ προοίμιον δείπνου χαριέντως ταῦτα πεπρυτανευμένου → So first I spotted oysters wrapped in seaweed at the shop of some old Nereus, and sea urchins, which I bought; these were the appetizers for a delightfully managed dinner
English (LSJ)
ον, (θέλυμνον)
A from the foundations, from or by the roots, προθελύμνους ἕλκετο χαίτας he tore his hair out by the roots, Il. 10.15, cf. Q.S.3.411; προθέλυμνα χαμαὶ βάλε δένδρεα he threw to earth trees uprooted, Il.9.541; ἐφόρει τὰς δρῦς . . προθελύμνους Ar.Eq. 528; προθέλυμνόν μ' ἀπώλεσας Id.Pax1210, cf. Call.Del.134, Q.S. 6.331, Tryph.397. II perh. close-packed, of shields overlapping in the phalanx, φράξαντες σάκος σάκεϊ προθελύμνῳ Il.13.130; expld. by Gramm. as = ἐπάλληλος, συνεχής, and so used by Nonn.D.22.183; also πέτρην προθέλυμνον ἐπασσυτέρῃ θέτο πέτρῃ ib.2.374.
