προκύπτω

A. point forwards and downwards, ἄκρος ὁ ποὺς ἧσσόν τι ‐κύπτειν ἐθέλει ἐς τοὔμπροσθεν (in dislocations) Hp. Art. 59.

2. stick one's head out, peep out, ἐκ τοῦ δίφρου D.C. 64.6; διά τινων ὀπῶν S.E. M. 7.350, cf. 364: c. gen., τῆς καλύβης Alciphr. 3.30; θυρίδων Babr. 116.3.

3. peep out, emerge, ἔξω τείχους Ar. Av. 496; of things, τιτθίον Id. Ra. 415; γλῶττα Luc. Alex. 12; κυνίδιον ἐκ τοῦ ἱματίου π. Id. Merc. Cond. 34; ἐξ ὠδίνων προὔκυψε τὸ βρέφος Porph. Gaur. 16.5, cf. S.E. M. 5.65: metaph., τὸ νοητικὸν π. Lysis ap. Iamb. VP 17.77; ὅσα π. ἀπὸ τῆς συνῃρημένης φύσεως Dam. Pr. 85; ἐπ’ ἄκρων τῶν χειλῶν π. τις λόγος (prob. for ὑπερ‐) Aristaenet. 2.10.

4. Medic., suffer from prolapsus, of the iris, Gal. 12.716; of the omentum, Id. 18(1).97.

5. flow out, of water, Porph. in Cat. 104.21.

II. stoop before, of a hunchback, οὐ προεστάναι τῆς πόλεως, ἀλλὰ προκεκυφέναι Plu. 2.633d.