πρόκροσσοι
πρόκροσσοι, ranged at regular intervals, like steps
πρόκροσσοι, αι, α, or οι, α,
- 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 [Powell: in quincunx arrangement]; 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.
πρόκροσσοι
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[προ- + (app.) the obscure κρόσσαι.]
App., row after row, in rows or ranks: [νῆας] προκρόσσας ἔρυσαν Il. 14.35.
πρόκροσσοι
- ranged at regular intervals, like steps or battlements (v. κρόσσαι); of ships drawn up on the beach, ranged in a row, Il.; πρόκροσσαι ἐς πόντον ἐπὶ ὀκτώ ranged in rows turned seawards eight deep, Hdt.; of a cup, πέριξ αὐτοῦ γρυπῶν κεφαλαὶ οἱ πρόκροσσοι ἦσαν the heads of griffins were set at intervals round it, Hdt.