προερύω, Ep. aor.
-έρυσσα (v. infr.),
A). draw on or forward, in Hom. always of ships,
1). νῆα θοὴν ἅλαδε προέρυσσεν drew the swift ship
forward, by hauling her from the beach to the sea,
Il. 1.308 ;
ἐπὴν ἅλαδε προερύσσω (sc.
νῆας)
9.358 .
2). move the ship
forward, by rowing her towards the shore,
αὐτὰς δ’ ἐσσυμένως προερύσσαμεν ἤπειρόνδε Od. 9.73 ;
τὴν δ’ εἰς ὅρμον προέρυσσαν ἐρετμοῖς Il. 1.435 ,
Od. 15.497 (but
προερεσς- was rightly written by
Aristarch. and others).