προπρηνής

proprenes

with the face downwards

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

προπρηνής, ές, stronger form of πρηνής, A. with the face downwards, ἐν κόνι ἐκτανύσας προπρηνέα Il. 24.18; [φασγάνῳ] προπρηνέϊ (v.l. προπρηνέα) τύψας with the edge of the sword, Od. 22.98: neut. προπρηνές as Adv., forward, opp. ὀπίσω, Il. 3.218. [Hom. always makes first syll. long.]
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