προθέλυμνος
προθέλυμνος
προ-θέλυμνος, ον,
θέλυμνον
from the foundations or roots, προθελύμνους ἕλκετο χαίτας he tore his hair out by the roots, Il.; προθέλυμνα χαμαὶ βάλε δένδρεα he threw to earth trees uprooted, Il.; ἐφόρει τὰς δρῦς προθελύμνους Ar.
σάκος σάκεϊ προθελύμνῳ φράξαντες fixing shield on shield close-pressed, — where θέλυμνα are the several shields, each overlapping its neighbour, Hom.