Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρόκροσσοι

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόκροσσοι

Sense

  1. ranged at regular intervals, like steps or battlements, ranged in a row, ranged in rows, set at intervals

Examples

  • καὶ οἱ Κυζικηνοὶ ἐξορμήσαντεσ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐβοηδρόμουν, πρόκροσσοι φερόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν κίνδυνον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 54 1:3)
  • πέριξ δὲ αὐτοῦ γρυπῶν κεφαλαὶ πρόκροσσοί εἰσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 152 4:2)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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