πρόκροσσοι
From LSJ
ἀκίνδυνοι δ' ἀρεταὶ οὔτε παρ' ἀνδράσιν οὔτ' ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις τίμιαι → but excellence without danger is honored neither among men nor in hollow ships
English (LSJ)
αι, α, or οι,
A a, ranged in rows or ranks, of ships on a narrow beach, Il.14.35; πρόκροσσαι ὅρμεον τὸ ἐς πόντον καὶ ἐπὶ ὀκτὼ νέας Hdt.7.188; πέριξ αὐτὸ (sc. τὸ χαλκήϊον) γρυπῶν κεφαλαὶ πρόκροσσοί εἰσι Id.4.152; συνδέσεις οὐ περιφερεῖς, ἀλλὰ πρόκροσσαι not round, but ranged in ranks, Democr. ap. Thphr.Sens.79, cf. Opp.H. 4.606: metaph., πρόκροσσοι φερόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν κίνδυνον rushing in serried ranks into danger, Agathocl.4. II later in sg., fringed, π. περίβλημα Poll.7.52.
