COMPOUND: πρότονοι, -ων
CATEGORIZATION: N [P+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘ropes from the masthead to the forepart of a ship, forestays’
ETYMOLOGY: πρό ‘before, forth’ + verbal root τον- (τεν-, τα(ν)-, τείνω) ‘stretch’ + noun suf. -οι, -ων
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 434; Od. II, 425; XII, 409
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: dat. m. pl., acc. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative –  karmadhāraya
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