ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνές

πρᾱν-ής, ές, [dialect] Ion. [full] πρηνής (also in Arist.Mete. 350a11, Spir. 484b29, Fr. 106, J.AJ18.3.1, 19.8.2, Plu.2.680a, Tim.11, Gal.UP2.2, 7.22, PMag.Par.1.194, etc.), gen. έος, [dialect] Att. [var] contr. οῦς:—of posture,

A with the face downwards, lying on the front, falling forwards, opp.

ὕπτιος, πρηνεῖς τε καὶ ὕπτιοι ἔκπεσον ἵππων Il.11.179

;

ἐκ δίφροιο.. ἐξεκυλίσθη πρηνὴς ἐν κονίῃσιν ἐπὶ στόμα 6.43

, cf. 2.418, 4.544, Hes.Sc. 365;

πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ κεῖτο ταθείς Il.21.118

; mostly with Verbs of falling, πρηνὴς κάππεσε, ἤριπε, ἐλιάσθη, 16.413, 5.58, 15.543; πρηνέα.. τανύσσας [Ἕκτορα] 23.25;

κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον

headlong down,

2.414

;

π. γενόμενος Act.Ap.1.18

(fort. = πρησθείς becoming distended); ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνὲς ῥέπειν incline towards pronation, Hp.Fract. 1;

ἐς τὸ π. Id.Mochl.8

; of the arm and hand, with the palm downwards, v.l. in Fract.2; opp. ὕπτιος, Arist.Spir. l.c., Plu.Tim.11; of

ἀστράγαλοι, ὀρθοὶ πίπτοντες ἢ πρηνεῖς Id.2.680a

, cf. Poll.7.204; of seeds, hollow side downwards, Thphr.HP2.6.1; of a ship, bottom upwards, implied in Plu.Tim.l.c.

II of parts of animals or man, that part which is uppermost and visible when the animal or man is in the πρανής position (the normal one for a quadruped), the back part,

τὰ τετράποδα.. ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις οὐκ ἔ χει τὰς τρίχας, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς πρανέσι μᾶλλον· οἱ δ' ἄνθρωποι τοὐναντίον ἐν τοῖς ὑπτίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν τοῖς πρανέσιν Arist.PA 658a17

, cf. HA 498b20, 519a21, 540a2, GA 717b30.

2 of leaves and of the hand, the back or 'wrong' side,

τὰς ἶνας καὶ τὰς φλέβας ἐν τοῖς π. ἔχουσιν ὥσπερ ἡ χείρ Thphr. HP1.10.2

(misunderstood as the opposite by Plin.HN16.88), cf. 3.14.2.

III of the sides of hills,

πρὸς ἄναντες καὶ κατὰ πρανοῦς καὶ πλάγια ἐλαύνειν

down hill,

X.Eq.3.7

, cf. An.1.5.8, 4.8.28, Plu.Sull.18;

κατὰ τὰ π. X.Eq.8.6

; τὸ π., opp. τὸ ὄρθιον, ibid., cf. Cyr.2.2.24.

2 convex, Arist.Mete. 350a11.

ῥέπ-ω, mostly used in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf.: [tense] fut.

A

ῥέψω Hdt.7.139

, Paus.9.37.8: [tense] aor.

ἔρρεψα Hp. Art.38

,48, Pl.Phlb. 46e; poet.

ἔρεψα Cerc.4.32

:—turn the scale, sink, ἐτίταινε τάλαντα, ἕλκε δὲ μέσσα λαβών, ῥέπε δ' αἴσιμον ἦμαρ Ἀχαιῶν, implying defeat and death, Il.8.72;

ῥέπε δ' Ἕκτορος αἴσιμον ἦμαρ 22.212

;

τὸ τοῦδέ γ' αὖ ῥέπει Ar.Ra. 1393

;

τοῦ ταλάντου τὸ ῥέπον κάτω βαδίζει τὸ δὲ κενὸν πρὸς τὸν Δία Id.Fr.488.4

, cf. Cerc. l.c.;

τὸ μὲν κάτω ῥέπον.., βαρύ· τὸ δὲ ἄνω, κοῦφον Pl.Just. 373e

; ἀεὶ τοὐναντίον ῥ. Id.R. 550e, cf. Archim.Aequil.1 Praef.

2 more generally, of things, incline one way or the other, ὅ τι πολλᾷ ῥέποι what is always shifling, never steady, Pi.O.8.23; βλεμμάτων ῥέπει βολή inclines downward, falls, of a young girl's eye, A.Fr. 242; ὕπνος ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ῥέπων sleep falling upon the eyes, Pi.P.9.25; ἐς τὸ λορδόν, κυφόν, Hp.Art.48;

ῥ. πρὸς τὴν γῆν Arist.PA 686a32

, etc.

3 of one of two contending parties, preponderate, prevail,

ἐπὶ ὁκότερα [οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι] ἐτράποντο, ταῦτα ῥέψειν ἔμελλε Hdt.7.139

; μοι σκοπουμένῳ ἔρρεψε δεῖν on consideration [the opinion] that it was necessary prevailed, Pl.Ep. 328b;

ἠθῶν.., ἃ ἂν ὥσπερ ῥέψαντα τἄλλα ἐφελκύσηται Id.R. 544e

.

4 of persons, εὖ ῥέπει θεός is favourably inclined, A.Th.21; ἐπὶ τὸ πρηνές the doctor should incline towards ( prefer) pronation, Hp.Fract.1 (unless in signf. 2, the subject being τὴν χεῖρα)

; ῥ. ἐπὶ τὸ πείθεσθαι Isoc.15.4

;

ἐπὶ τὸ λῆμμα D.18.298

;

πρὸς τὴν ἀνδρείαν Pl.Plt. 308a

, cf. Lg. 802e; also

ῥ. ταῖς γνώμαις ἐπὶ τοὺς Ῥοδίους Plb.33.16.2

;

εἴς τινα Luc.

Bis Acc.6; but νομίζων τούτους πλεῖστον ῥέπειν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν τῇ πόλει avail most, have the greatest influence, X.Lac.4.1, cf. Isyll.24; so also

εἰς ἕν τι αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι σφόδρα ῥέπουσιν Pl.R. 485d

, cf. Phlb. 46e; ῥ. πρὸς [τὴν ἡδονήν] Arist.EN 1172a31;

ῥ. πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Id.Pol. 1293b20

.

5 ῥ. εἴς τινα fall to, be directed towards,

τὸ μητρὸς ἔς δέ μοι ῥέπει στέργηθρον A.Ch. 240

; τοὔργον εἰς ἐμὲ ῥέπον that this deed points to me, S.OT 847.

6 of events, fall, happen, in a certain way,

φιλεῖ τοῦτο μὴ ταύτῃ ῥέπειν Id.Ant. 722

; τῇδε or ἐκείνῃ ῥ. Pl.Lg. 862c, Ti. 79e; ῥ. εἴς τι turn or come to something,

συμφορὰν.. κακῶν ῥέπουσαν ἐς τὰ μάσσονα A.Pers. 440

; τὸ μηδὲν εἰς οὐδὲν ῥ. naught comes to naught, E.Fr. 532; ὁ χρησμὸς ἐς τοῦτο ῥ. Ar.Pl.51; ὁ γρῖφος ἐνταῦθα ῥ. Antiph.124.11.

II trans., cause the scale to incline one way or the other, only in compds. ἐπιρρέπω, καταρρέπω, exc. that A. uses the [voice] Pass., τῶνδ' ἐξ ἴσου ῥεπομένων being equally balanced, Supp.405 (lyr.):—in B.16.25, ὅ τι μὲν ἐκ θεῶν μοῖρα παγκρατὴς ἄμμι κατένευσε καὶ Δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον, ῥ. is prob. intrans. (sc. ἐπ' αὐτό). (Perh. cogn. with Lith. virpti 'quiver'.)

καταβάλλω, [tense] fut. - βᾰλῶ: [tense] aor. κατέβᾰλον; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.

A

κάββαλε Od. 6.172

, Hes.Th. 189, etc.; imper.

καββαλόντων Foed.Delph.Pell.1

B 14:—throw down, overthrow,

κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον Il.2.414

;

ἐς μέσσον κ. τι 15.357

;

ἐνὶ πόντῳ Hes.Th. 189

;

ἐπ' ἀκτῆς Il.23.125

(tm.);

ἐπὶ Χθονί Hes.Sc. 462

, etc.; κ. [ τινὰ]

ἐνθάδε Od.6.172

; κ. τὰ οἰκήματα, τὰ ἀγάλματα, Hdt.1.17, 8.109;

τεῖχος Th.7.24

;

κ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου X.HG5.2.41

;

ἀπ' ἐλπίδος Pl.Euthphr. 15e

; κ. ἐς τὸ μηδέν to bring down to nothing, opp. ἐξᾶραι ὑψοῦ, Hdt.9.79; κάββαλλε τὸν Χείμωνα confound, defy the storm, Alc.34.3.

2 κ. ἑαυτόν throw oneself down to sleep, Plu.Caes.38.

3 strike down with a weapon, slay, Il.2.692(tm.), Hdt.4.64, etc.; by a blow,

κ. πατάξας Lys.13.71

; esp. of slaying victims, E.Or. 1603, Isoc.2.20;

κ. θῦμα δαίμοσιν E.Ba. 1246

.

b [voice] Pass., to be stricken,

νόσῳ POxy.1121.9

(iii A.D.).

4 throw into prison,

κ. τινὰ ἐς ἐρκτήν Hdt.4.146

: generally, throw, bring into a certain state, κ. [ τινὰ]

ἐς ξυμφοράς E.IT 606

, Antipho Soph.58; εἰς ἀπορίαν, εἰς ἀπιστίαν, Pl.Phlb. 15e, Phd. 88c, etc.

5 overthrow, refute, οἱ -βάλλοντες (sc. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras:

κ. τινά Democr.125

;

δόξαν Gal.UP6.20

.

6 abuse, bully, Phld.Rh.2.164S.

7 cast down or away, cast off, reject, Isoc.12.24: metaph., forget, Ael.Fr. 111; κ. εἴς τι throw away upon a thing, Pl. Lg. 960e:—[voice] Pass., οἱ καταβεβλημένοι despicable fellows, Isoc.12.8; cf. καταβεβλημένως.

II let fall, drop,

ἀπὸ ἕο κάββαλεν υἱόν Il.5.343

; κάββαλε νεβρόν, of an eagle, 8.249; of a fawning dog,

οὔατα κάββαλεν ἄμφω Od.17.302

; ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων κ. Theoc.15.85; of sails,

καθ' ἱστία λευκὰ βαλόντες Thgn.671

;

τἀκάτια Epicr.10

; κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς

βαλεῖ A.Ch. 574

; τὰς ὀφρῦς κ. E.Cyc. 167; κ. τὰ κέρατα droop their feelers, Arist.HA 590b26: in Politics, abandon a measure,

καταβάλλοντ' ἐᾶν ἐν ὑπωμοσίᾳ D.18.103

.

2 lay down, set down,

κρεῖον μέγα κάββαλεν ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ Il.9.206

, cf. Ar.Ach. 165, V. 727, etc.

3 lay down, lay in stores,

κ. σιτία Hdt.7.25

:—[voice] Pass., κὰτ ἄσπιδες βεβλήμεναι stored up, Alc.15.5.

4 pay down, yield, bring in,

ἡ λίμνη καταβάλλει ἐπ' ἡμέρην ἑκάστην τάλαντον ἐκ τῶν ἰχθύων Hdt.2.149

;

τὰς ἐπικαρπίας τῇ πόλει And.1.92

, cf. Lexib.93.

b pay,

τἀργύριον Th. 1.27

;

τριώβολον Amips.13

;

ἀρραβῶνα Men.743

, cf. PRev.Laws48.10(iii B.C.), etc.;

τιμήν τινι ὑπέρ τινος Pl.Lg. 932d

, Luc.Vit.Auct. 25;

τέλη GDI5018a17

([place name] Gortyn), PHib.29.6 (iii B.C.);

λύτρα GDI 5151.8

(Cret., found at Delphi); καταβαλών σοι δραχμὴν τῶν βοτρύων for them, Philostr.Her.Praef.1; κ. ζημίαν pay up, discharge a fine, D. 24.83, cf. 59.27:—later in [voice] Med.,

μισθὸν καταβαλέσθαι Alciphr.1.12

.

5 put in, deposit, in [voice] Pass.,

εἰ ἡ μαρτυρία κατεβάλλετο ἐνταῦθα D.34.46

:—but usu. in [voice] Med., deposit,

γράμματα εἰς κιβωτόν BCH25.100

([place name] Tlos), cf. IG12(1).3.15 ([place name] Rhodes); ψευδεῖς γραφὰς εἰς τὰ δημόσια γράμματα Docum. ap. D.18.55;

λόγους IG7.2850

([place name] Haliartus);

δόγμα GDI5182.10

(Cret., found at Teos).

6 throw down seed, sow, Men. Georg.37, cf. καταβλητέον; κ. τὸ σπέρμα, of the male, Epicur.Nat.908.1:—[voice] Pass., Placit.5.7.4, Sor.1.33, Ocell.4.14: metaph.,

σπέρμα κ. τοιούτων πραγμάτων D.24.154

; κ. φάτιν ὡς.. spread abroad a rumour, Hdt.1.122, cf.E.HF 758(lyr.).

7 lay down as a foundation, mostly in [voice] Med.,

τὴν τῆς ναυπηγίας ἀρχὴν καταβαλλόμενος Pl.Lg. 803a

: esp. metaph., - βαλλομένα μέγαν οἶκτον beginning a lament (cf. infr. 8), E. Hel. 164(lyr.);

Ἀρίστιππος τὴν Κυρηναϊκὴν φιλοσοφίαν κατεβάλετο Str. 17.3.22

;

καταβαλέσθαι τοὐπτάνιον Sosip.1.39

;

ἐξ ἀρχῆς καινὴν νομοθεσίαν D.S.12.20

;

τὴν Στωϊκῶν αἵρεσιν Plu.2.329a

: hence generally, to be the author of, commit to writing,

ἱστορικὰς καταβαλόμενοι πραγματείας D.H.1.1

; λόγον Darius ap.D.L.9.13;

φλυαρίας Gal.7.476

:— [voice] Pass.,

ὅταν δὲ κρηπὶς μὴ καταβληθῇ.. ὀρθῶς E.HF 1261

: freq. metaph.,

δεδημοσιωμένα που καταβέβληται Pl.Sph. 232d

;

πολλοὶ λόγοι πρὸς αὐτὰ -βέβληνται Arist.EN 1096a10

; καταβεβλημέναι μαθήσεις fundamental, established, Arist.Pol. 1337b21; τὰ κ. παιδεύματα ib. 1338a36, cf. Phld.Rh.1.27S.

8 c. inf., γάμον καταβάλλομ' ἀείδειν I begin my song of, Call.Fr. 196.

III [voice] Pass., lie down,

εἰς εὐνάν Theoc.18.11

.

2 like καταβαίνω 11.1, arrive at in a course of lectures,

εἰς Γοργίαν Dam.Isid.54

.

B intr., fall,

εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν Pl.Ep. 344c

.

πρηνής, ές, gen. οῦς (On the form Schwyzer I 189; Hom. et al.; PGM 4, 194; LXX; Just., D. 90, 5; Mel., P. 26, 184.—X. has πρανής, which is found in later Attic usage beside πρηνής) forward, prostrate, head first, headlong πρηνὴς γενόμενος being (falling) headlong Ac 1:18 (cp. πρ. πεσών Theophyl., MPG CXXIII 146; Posid.: 87 Fgm. 5 Jac. πρ. προσπεσών; Diod S 34+35, Fgm. 28a πρηνὴς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν; Appian, Celts 10 κατέπεσε πρηνής; Philo, Op. M. 157 πρηνὲς πεπτωκός; Jos., Bell. 1, 621 and Vi. 138 πρ. πεσών, Bell. 6, 64, Ant. 18, 59; SibOr 4, 110). The mng. swollen, distended was first proposed by FChase, JTS 13, 1912, 278–85; 415, and accepted by Harnack, TLZ 37, 1912, 235–37; EbNestle, ZNW 19, 1920, 179f; HWendt and GHoennicke, ad loc.; JMoffatt, transl. 1913; RHarris, AJT 18, 1914, 127–31; Goodsp., Probs. 123–26; L-S-J-M gives it as a possibility s.v. πρανής, w. ref. to πρησθείς; in this case it would be derived fr. the root πρη-, πίμπρημι (q.v.), which is linguistically questionable. Other exx. of πρηνής in the sense ‘swollen’ are lacking, unless the word be given this mng. in Wsd 4:19 (so Goodsp.), but ‘prostrate and silent’ makes good sense in this passage. Lake (below) points out harmonizing interests of later writers such as Ps-Zonaras and Euthymius Zigabenus.—Bursting as a result of a violent fall is also found Aesop, Fab. 177b H.=181 P./192 H-H./142f Ch. κατακρημνισθεὶς διερράγη.—S. further Zahn, Forsch. VI 1900, 126; 153–55; IX 1916, 331–33; AKnox, JTS 25, 1924, 289f; HCadbury, JBL 45, 1926, 192f; KLake, Beginn. I 5, ’33, 22–30; Beyer, Steinmann, and Bruce ad loc.; REB; NRSV.—DELG. M-M.