πρόκροσσοι: Difference between revisions

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