πρών

πρών, ὁ, gen. πρῶνος (as pr. n., Paus. 2.34.11 codd.), πρωνός Id. 2.35.4, al. codd., AP 9.328 (Damostr.); Ep. dat. pl. πρώνεσσι Q.S. 4.520:—A. foreland, headland, Hom. only in Il., πρὼν ἰσχάνει ὕδωρ ὑλήεις 17.747: elsewh. in pl. πρώονες, 8.557, 12.282, 16.299; later, πρώονές τε καὶ χαράδραι Alcm. 60.2, cf. Q.S. 2.120; πρῶνες ἔξοχοι Pi. N. 4.52; Λοκρῶν πρῶνες S. Tr. 788; Πόσειδον, ὃς Αἰγαίου μέδεις πρῶνας Id. Fr. 371 (lyr.); ἔρημοι πρῶνες ἀνθρώπων E. Cyc. 116; πορθμοῦ κάτοπτον πρῶνα, of Geraneia, A. Ag. 307; ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας, forelands on both sides of the Hellespont, Id. Pers. 132 (lyr.); π. ἅλιος, of the Troad, ib.879; Δελφὸς π., of Parnassus, Pae.Delph. 7:—Ep. also πρηών, ῶνος, ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀπὸ μεγάλου πέτρη πρηῶνος ὀρούσῃ Hes. Sc. 437, cf. Nic. Al. 104, D.P. 116, Coluth. 14,102: dat. pl. πρηόσιν Call. Dian. 52: in later Prose, Ant.Lib. 11.1, 23.5; also πρεών, όνος, AP 6.253 (Crin.). (Orig. πρηών, όνος, whence πρεών, όνος and ῶνος, also (contr.) πρών, πρῶνος, pl. πρῶνες (then, by ‘distraction’ of ω and its accent, πρώονες).)