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Headword:
*proka/rhnos
Adler number: pi,2460
Translated headword: head-foremost, headlong
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] on [one's] head.
In Fables: "a roaring blast struck and threw [him] headlong."[1]
Greek Original:*proka/rhnos: e)pi\ kefalh/n. e)n *mu/qois: h)xh/eis e)ta/nusse balw\n proka/rhnon a)h/ths.
Notes:
Poetic word: LSJ entry at web address 1.
[1] Fragment of dactylic fable, included in appendix to Crusius' edition of
Babrius, p.215. Other than this, the headword is v.common in
Nonnus.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; meter and music; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 January 2002@22:24:05.
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