Προκάρηνος

head-foremost, headlong

Translated by Catharine Roth3 Jan 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 14 words

[Meaning] on [one's] head.
In Fables: "a roaring blast struck and threw [him] headlong."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προκάρηνος· ἐπὶ κεφαλήν. ἐν Μύθοις· ἠχήεις ἐτάνυσσε βαλὼν προκάρηνον ἀήτης.

Betacode

*proka/rhnos: e)pi\ kefalh/n. e)n *mu/qois: h)xh/eis e)ta/nusse balw\n proka/rhnon a)h/ths.

Notes (1)

Poetic word: LSJ entry at web address 1.
1Fragment of dactylic fable, included in appendix to Crusius' edition of Babrius, p.215. Other than this, the headword is v.common in Nonnus. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π2458ΠροκαλινδοῦμαιI prostrate myself before π2459Προκαλίζετοwas challenging, was summoning forth π2460Προκάρηνοςhead-foremost, headlong π2461Προκαταβολὴadvance-payment π2462Προκατεύχομαί σουI pray beforehand for you, I pray beforehand over you

Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Oct 2013

16 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2011cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Apr 2010expanded n.2; tweaks — David Whitehead
6 Jan 2002Revised — David Whitehead
3 Jan 2002Translated — Catharine Roth