προκρούω

A. beat out and so stretch, whence the name of the robber Προκρούστης, who stretched all his captives on the same bed, τῶν ἐλαττόνων τοὺς πόδας προέκρουεν D.S. 4.59.

2. attack, Dor. impf. πρὤκροον(πρόκροον codd.) Ar. Lys. 1252.

II. sens. obsc., Id. Ec. 1017.