προπετ-ής, ές, (προπίπτω)
falling or
slipping down in bed, εἰ π. γένοιτο [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
out of control, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
inclined forward, κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος π. ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστεραι γένυες
more prominent,[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
sloping, of shoulders, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
stooping, μὴ ὀρθὸς ἀλλὰ μικρῷ -έστερος [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3)
thrown away, κεῖται προπετές [τὸ κάταγμα] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
drooping, at the point of death, ζῇ γὰρ π. [
Refs]; ἡ π. Μοῖρα
untimely, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5)
prominent, of the eyes, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γνάθοι, ὀφρῦς, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
metaphorically,
II.1)
being upon the point of, πολιὰς ἐπὶ χαίτας π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
ready for, prone to a thing, ἐπί or εἴς τι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
infinitive, -έστατος μεταστῆσαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
headlong, π. ἄγειν τὸν ἀκροατήν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4)
precipitate, rash, reckless, π. σώματος ἡδοναί [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. γέλως
uncontrolled laughter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a lot,
drawn at random, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4.b) of persons, οἱ θρασεῖς προπετεῖς [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μανικὸς καὶ π. ἐπὶ τῶν κινδύνων Theopomp.[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ π, ={προπέτεια}, opposed to τὸ σεμνόν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5) ἁρμονίαι π.
flowing rhythms, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.6) in Medicine texts,
subject to diarrhoea, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III)
adverb -τῶς
headlong, out of control, π. εἰς τὸ κάταντες φέρεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2)
metaphorically,
headlong, hastily, π. φέρεσθαι εἰς τὴν τυραννίδα Id [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποκρίνεσθαι, ἀποφαίνεσθαι, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχειν to be
rash, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
prematurely, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]