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 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.