προπετ-ής, ές,
(προπίπτω) falling or slipping down in bed, εἰ π. γένοιτο [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 3; π. ἐπὶ πόδας [prev. author] “Coac.” 487; π. ἂν ἐγίνετο ἡ βάδισις ] Refs 5th c.BC+]out of control, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 712a29, cf. Diocl.fragment 142. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 inclined forward, κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος π. ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστεραι γένυες more prominent,[[ [prev. work] 31; ὁ μὲν αὐχὴν.. μὴ π. πεφύκοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; sloping, of shoulders, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.623] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; stooping, μὴ ὀρθὸς ἀλλὰ μικρῷ -έστερος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 807b31. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 thrown away, κεῖται προπετές [τὸ κάταγμα] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 701. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 drooping, at the point of death, ζῇ γὰρ π. [[[prev. work] 976 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs]; ἡ π. Μοῖρα untimely, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1355 (Messenia, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 prominent, of the eyes, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.189, 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “Synopsis” 8.10, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 2.22 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γνάθοι, ὀφρῦς, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.68, 134. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]