προθέλυμνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (θέλυμνον) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">from the foundations, from</b> or <b class="b2">by the roots</b>, <b class="b3">προθελύμνους ἕλκετο χαίτας</b> he tore his hair out <b class="b2">by the roots</b>, <span class="bibl">Il. 10.15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Q.S.3.411</span>; <b class="b3">προθέλυμνα χαμαὶ βάλε δένδρεα</b> he threw to earth trees <b class="b2">uprooted</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.541</span>; ἐφόρει τὰς δρῦς… προθελύμνους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 528</span>; προθέλυμνόν μ' ἀπώλεσας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>1210</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>134</span>, <span class="bibl">Q.S. 6.331</span>, <span class="bibl">Tryph.397</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> perh. <b class="b2">close-packed</b>, of shields <b class="b2">overlapping</b> in the phalanx, φράξαντες σάκος σάκεϊ προθελύμνῳ <span class="bibl">Il.13.130</span>; expld. by Gramm. as = [[ἐπάλληλος]], [[συνεχής]], and so used by <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>22.183</span>; also <b class="b3">πέτρην προθέλυμνον ἐπασσυτέρῃ θέτο πέτρῃ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">2.374</span>.</span>